überbewerten
[ˈyːbɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“überbewerten” is an uncommon German word, ranked #69,941 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #69,941
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (einem Umstand, einer Eigenschaft/Leistung/Person) mehr Bedeutung zumessen, als sie wohl verdient
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überbewerten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #69,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überbewerten” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for überbewerten is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈyːbɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #69,941 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(einem Umstand, einer Eigenschaft/Leistung/Person) mehr Bedeutung zumessen, als sie wohl verdient".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for überbewerten, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is überbewerten, spelled Ü-B-E-R-B-E-W-E-R-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1(einem Umstand, einer Eigenschaft/Leistung/Person) mehr Bedeutung zumessen, als sie wohl verdient
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “überbewerten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-B-E-W-E-R-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈyːbɐbəˌveːɐ̯tn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.