überfluten
[ˌyːbɐˈfluːtn̩]
The verdict
“überfluten” is uncommon German (frequency #69,942 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,942
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gebiet unter Wasser setzen, über die Ufer treten
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberfluten · überfluten · German
überfluten · rank #69,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,942
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH überbewerten
Nearest frequency peer: überbewerten (-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 „überfluten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ältestenrat
Ältestenrat
30,064 corpus weight
- überbewerten
überbewerten
30,060 corpus weight
- überfluten
überfluten
30,059 corpus weight
- überflüssig…
überflüssiger
30,058 corpus weight
- Überlebensk…
Überlebenskampf
30,057 corpus weight
- Überschwang
Überschwang
30,055 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überfluten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überfluten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈfluːtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #69,942 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überfluten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überfluten is uncommon German at frequency #69,942 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈfluːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for überfluten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is überfluten, spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-L-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Gebiet unter Wasser setzen, über die Ufer treten
- 2in großen Mengen auftauchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überfluten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sturmflut überflutete den Fischmarkt in Hamburg.
Die Kölner Altstadt wurde vom Hochwasser des Rheins überflutet.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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