überkleben
[ˈyːbɐˌkleːbn̩]
The verdict
“überkleben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas verdecken, indem etwas anderes mit Kleister/Kleber darauf befestigt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberkleben · überkleben · German
überkleben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | überkleben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌkleːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überkleben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überkleben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌkleːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas verdecken, indem etwas anderes mit Kleister/Kleber darauf befestigt wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for überkleben, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is überkleben, spelled Ü-B-E-R-K-L-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas verdecken, indem etwas anderes mit Kleister/Kleber darauf befestigt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überkleben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich klebe das alte Preisschild mit dem neuen über.
Da hat man damals einfach was übergeklebt.
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.