Überblick
German, noun
Überblick is spelled Ü-B-E-R-B-L-I-C-K (9 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überblick is a German masculine noun meaning “overview; bird's-eye view; big picture (view of the entirety, both literally and figuratively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, überblick is a different word: “singular imperative of überblicken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “grobe Darstellung”.
What does Überblick mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoverview; bird's-eye view; big picture (view of the entirety, both literally and figuratively)
- 2
masculineoverview (brief summary)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of überblicken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grobe Darstellung 2. größeres Sichtfeld 3. Kenntnis und Verständnis der Zusammenhänge
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 Überblick
- Überblickes genitive
- Überblicks genitive
- Überblicke plural
- Überblicken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Überblick
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Überblick in German?
Überblick appears 26 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).