überbleiben
German, verb
überbleiben is spelled Ü-B-E-R-B-L-E-I-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überbleiben is a German verb meaning “to remain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Überbleiben is a different word: “gerund of überbleiben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “übrig bleiben”.
What does überbleiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remain
noun
- 1
neutergerund of überbleiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. übrig bleiben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of überbleiben
- bleibt über present singular third-person
- blieb über past
- übergeblieben participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- überbleibend participle present
- überzubleiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- bleibe über first-person indicative present
- bleiben über first-person indicative plural
- bleibst über indicative present second-person
- bleibest über second-person singular subjunctive
- bleibet über plural second-person subjunctive
- blieben über first-person indicative plural
- bliebe über first-person singular subjunctive
- bliebst über indicative preterite second-person
- bliebt über indicative plural preterite
- bliebest über second-person singular subjunctive
- bliebet über plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is überbleiben in German?
überbleiben appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).