Überhangmandat
German, noun[ˈyːbɐhaŋmanˌdaːt]
Überhangmandat is spelled Ü-B-E-R-H-A-N-G-M-A-N-D-A-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überhangmandat is a German neuter noun meaning “overhang seat (in the German electoral system, a parliamentary seat that occurs when a party wins more direct mandates in a district than…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sitz einer Partei im (deutschen) Parlament, der über den Anteil der der Partei nach dem Verhältniswahlrecht…”.
What does Überhangmandat mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteroverhang seat (in the German electoral system, a parliamentary seat that occurs when a party wins more direct mandates in a district than it is entitled to based on its share of the party vote)
Die hohe Zahl an Überhangmandaten führte in der Vergangenheit regelmäßig zu einer deutlichen Vergrößerung des Bundestages.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sitz einer Partei im (deutschen) Parlament, der über den Anteil der der Partei nach dem Verhältniswahlrecht zustehenden Sitze hinausgeht
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 Überhangmandat
- Überhangmandats genitive
- Überhangmandate plural
- Überhangmandaten dative definite plural
- Überhangmandates genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überhangmandat?
- [ˈyːbɐhaŋmanˌdaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Überhangmandat in German?
Überhangmandat appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).