überanstrengen
[yːbɐˈʔanˌʃtʁɛŋən]
The verdict
“überanstrengen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden zu sehr beanspruchen, überaus strapazieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberanstrengen · überanstrengen · German
überanstrengen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überanstrengen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈʔanˌʃtʁɛŋən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überanstrengen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überanstrengen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʔanˌʃtʁɛŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
überanstrengen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is überanstrengen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-A-N-S-T-R-E-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden zu sehr beanspruchen, überaus strapazieren
- 2sich durch zu große Anstrengung gesundheitlich schaden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überanstrengen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Gartenarbeiten hat er seine Rückenmuskulatur überanstrengt.
„Der besonnene Marschall Ferdinand Foch musste Haig davon abhalten, denselben Fehler wie zuvor Ludendorff zu machen und im Rausch über rasche Erfolge die eigenen Kräfte zu überanstrengen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.