übereignen
German, verb
übereignen is a German verb meaning “to transfer the general in rem right towards [with accusative ‘any material object’] to [with dative] by his agreement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Übereignen is a different word: “gerund of übereignen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem das Eigentum an einer Sache übertragen”.
What does übereignen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to transfer the general in rem right towards [with accusative ‘any material object’] to [with dative] by his agreement
noun
- 1
neutergerund of übereignen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem das Eigentum an einer Sache übertragen
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 übereignen
- übereignet present singular third-person
- übereignete past
- haben auxiliary
- übereignend participle present
- übereigne first-person indicative present
- übereignest indicative present second-person
- übereigneten first-person indicative plural
- übereignetest indicative preterite second-person
- übereignetet indicative plural preterite
- habe übereignet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben übereignet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- übereigne! imperative singular
- übereignet! imperative plural
- übereignet haben active infinitive perfect
- übereignet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- übereignet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- übereignet sein statal-passive infinitive present
- übereignet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is übereignen in German?
übereignen appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).