überleiten
[ˈyːbɐˌlaɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“überleiten” 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) - eine Verbindung herstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberleiten · überleiten · German
überleiten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | überleiten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌlaɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überleiten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überleiten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌlaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
überleiten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 überleiten, spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-E-I-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Verbindung herstellen
- 2in einen neuen Zusammenhang bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überleiten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie können damit an bisherige Inhalte anknüpfen und dann zum neuen Thema überleiten.“
„Nach dem Gesetz kann der Arbeitgeber die Rechte an einer Erfindung seines Arbeitnehmers mit einer einseitigen Erklärung auf sich überleiten.“
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.