überdenke

[yːbɐˈdɛŋkə]

/[yːbɐˈdɛŋkə]/ verb

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The verdict

“überdenke” is uncommon German (frequency #99,402 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,402
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überdenken

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberdenke · überdenke · German

überdenke · rank #99,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,402
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Zündschnur

Nearest frequency peer: Zündschnur (-2 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „überdenke“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überdenke“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überdenke
PropertyValue
Headwordüberdenke
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈdɛŋkə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#99,402
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überdenke“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).überdenkefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Zündschnur“ (#99,400), „überdurchschnittliches“ (#99,404), „Zwischenfalls“ (#99,398). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überdenke“ bei #99,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überdenke is uncommon German at frequency #99,402 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈdɛŋkə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

überdenke has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 überdenke, spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-E-N-K-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überdenken
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überdenken
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überdenken
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überdenken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überdenke"?
"überdenke" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-E-N-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈdɛŋkə].
What does "überdenke" mean?
As a verb, "überdenke" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überdenken
How do you pronounce "überdenke"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überdenke" is [yːbɐˈdɛŋkə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überdenke", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

abdriften#99,415Zisternen#99,386Ziehvater#99,380zerfetzte#99,373

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list