überdreht

[ˌyːbɐˈdʁeːt]

/[ˌyːbɐˈdʁeːt]/ verb

The verdict

“überdreht” is uncommon German (frequency #68,938 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,938
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überdrehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberdreht · überdreht · German

überdreht · rank #68,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,938
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ölwechsel

Nearest frequency peer: Ölwechsel (-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 „überdreht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überdreht
PropertyValue
Headwordüberdreht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈdʁeːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#68,938
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überdreht“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.überdrehtfällt 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: „Ölwechsel“ (#68,937), „Überholmanöver“ (#68,939), „Ödland“ (#68,936). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überdreht“ bei #68,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überdreht is uncommon German at frequency #68,938 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈdʁeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überdrehen".

überdreht has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is überdreht, spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-R-E-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überdrehen

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 "überdreht"?
"überdreht" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-D-R-E-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈdʁeːt].
What does "überdreht" mean?
As a verb, "überdreht" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs überdrehen
How do you pronounce "überdreht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überdreht" is [ˌyːbɐˈdʁeːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überdreht" come from?
"überdreht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list