übergriffig
German, adjective/ˈyːbɐˌɡʁɪfɪç/
übergriffig is spelled Ü-B-E-R-G-R-I-F-F-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übergriffig is a German adjective meaning “encroaching or infringing (upon someone's space, rights, or especially sexual self-determination)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Übergriffe in die Rechte, den Bereich, die Angelegenheiten und insbesondere in die sexuelle Selbstbestimmung…”.
What does übergriffig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
encroaching or infringing (upon someone's space, rights, or especially sexual self-determination)
adjective
- 1
obsoleteso large that a person cannot put their arms around it
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Übergriffe in die Rechte, den Bereich, die Angelegenheiten und insbesondere in die sexuelle Selbstbestimmung anderer verübend 2. so dick, dass ein Mann den Stamm mit beiden Armen nicht umfassen kann
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 übergriffig
- übergriffiger masculine nominative singular
- übergriffige feminine nominative singular
- übergriffiges neuter nominative singular
- übergriffigen genitive masculine singular
- übergriffigem dative masculine singular
- der übergriffige definite includes-article masculine
- die übergriffige definite feminine includes-article
- das übergriffige definite includes-article neuter
- die übergriffigen definite includes-article nominative
- des übergriffigen definite genitive includes-article
- der übergriffigen definite feminine genitive
- dem übergriffigen dative definite includes-article
- den übergriffigen dative definite includes-article
- am übergriffigsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce übergriffig?
- /ˈyːbɐˌɡʁɪfɪç/
- /ˈyːbɐˌɡʁɪfɪk/
- [ˈyːbɐˌɡʁɪfɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to übergriffig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is übergriffig in German?
übergriffig appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).