überflügeln
German, verb/yːbərˈflyːɡəln/
überflügeln is spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-L-Ü-G-E-L-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überflügeln is a German verb meaning “to outstrip, overshadow, surpass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die eigenen Flügel an denen des Gegners vorbeischieben”.
What does überflügeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to outstrip, overshadow, surpass
- 2
archaicto outflank
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die eigenen Flügel an denen des Gegners vorbeischieben 2. jemand anderen ohne große Mühen überholen
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 überflügeln
- überflügelt present singular third-person
- überflügelte past
- haben auxiliary
- überflügelnd participle present
- überflügle first-person indicative present
- überflügele first-person indicative present
- überflügel first-person indicative present
- überflügelst indicative present second-person
- überflügelest second-person singular subjunctive
- überflüglest second-person singular subjunctive
- überflügelet plural second-person subjunctive
- überflüglet plural second-person subjunctive
- überflügelten first-person indicative plural
- überflügeltest indicative preterite second-person
- überflügeltet indicative plural preterite
- überflügel! imperative singular
- überflügele! imperative singular
- überflügelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce überflügeln?
- /yːbərˈflyːɡəln/
- [ˌʔy(ː).bɐˈflyː.ɡl̩n]
- [ˌyːbɐˈflyːɡl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to überflügeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überflügeln in German?
überflügeln appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).