überdachen
German, verb
überdachen is spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-A-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überdachen is a German verb meaning “to put a roof on something that doesn't necessarily need one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Überdachen is a different word: “gerund of überdachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein schützendes Dach über etwas errichten”.
What does überdachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put a roof on something that doesn't necessarily need one
Ein überdachter Balkon schützt zwar vor Regen, lässt aber auch keine Sonne durch.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of überdachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein schützendes Dach über etwas errichten
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 überdachen
- überdacht present singular third-person
- überdachte past
- haben auxiliary
- überdachend participle present
- überdache first-person indicative present
- überdachst indicative present second-person
- überdachest second-person singular subjunctive
- überdachet plural second-person subjunctive
- überdachten first-person indicative plural
- überdachtest indicative preterite second-person
- überdachtet indicative plural preterite
- überdach imperative second-person singular
- habe überdacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben überdacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- überdach! imperative singular
- überdache! imperative singular
- überdacht! imperative plural
- überdacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to überdachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überdachen in German?
überdachen appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).