Überdosierung

[ˈyːbɐdoˌziːʁʊŋ]

/[ˈyːbɐdoˌziːʁʊŋ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Überdosierung” is uncommon German (frequency #75,296 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,296
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Verwendung/Verabreichung zu großer Mengen einer Substanz

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberdosierung · Überdosierung · German

Überdosierung · rank #75,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,296
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH ätherisches

Nearest frequency peer: ätherisches (-1 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 „Überdosierung“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Überdosierung
PropertyValue
HeadwordÜberdosierung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈyːbɐdoˌziːʁʊŋ]
Letters13
Frequency rank#75,296
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Überdosierung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Überdosierungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ätherisches“ (#75,295), „überfuhr“ (#75,297), „Ähre“ (#75,294). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „Überdosierung“ bei #75,296. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Überdosierung is uncommon German at frequency #75,296 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈyːbɐdoˌziːʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Überdosierung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Überdosierung, spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-O-S-I-E-R-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Verwendung/Verabreichung zu großer Mengen einer Substanz
  2. 2
    die zu hohe Dosis gemäß [1] selber

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Überdosierung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das Mittel kann abhängig machen und ist bei extremer Überdosierung lebensgefährlich.“
  2. „Rein aus natürlichen Quellen eine extreme Überdosierung von Selen zu bekommen, ist nahezu unmöglich.“

Synonyms

Überdosis

Antonyms

Unterdosierung

This word in other languages

overdosage(English)

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 "Überdosierung"?
"Überdosierung" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-O-S-I-E-R-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐdoˌziːʁʊŋ].
What does "Überdosierung" mean?
As a noun, "Überdosierung" means: die Verwendung/Verabreichung zu großer Mengen einer Substanz
How do you pronounce "Überdosierung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Überdosierung" is [ˈyːbɐdoˌziːʁʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Überdosierung" come from?
"Überdosierung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zuvorgekommen#75,290Zusatzartikel#75,288Zugverbindung#75,281Zisterzienser#75,275

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list