überfrieren
[yːbɐˈfʁiːʁən]
The verdict
“überfrieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von oben her, durch die Luft, stark abgekühlt werden und Eiskristalle bilden
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberfrieren · überfrieren · German
überfrieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überfrieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈfʁiːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überfrieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überfrieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈfʁiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von oben her, durch die Luft, stark abgekühlt werden und Eiskristalle bilden".
überfrieren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is überfrieren, spelled Ü-B-E-R-F-R-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1von oben her, durch die Luft, stark abgekühlt werden und Eiskristalle bilden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how überfrieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Schnee taute, überfror in der Nacht, wurde durch Neuschnee überdeckt, und so ging es über Wochen und sogar Monate weiter.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.