überlisten
German, verb
überlisten is spelled Ü-B-E-R-L-I-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überlisten is a German verb meaning “to cheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Überlisten is a different word: “gerund of überlisten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden hintergehen, mit einer List täuschen”.
What does überlisten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cheat
- 2
to dupe
- 3
to trick (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of überlisten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden hintergehen, mit einer List täuschen
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 überlisten
- überlistet present singular third-person
- überlistete past
- haben auxiliary
- überlistend participle present
- überliste first-person indicative present
- überlistest indicative present second-person
- überlisteten first-person indicative plural
- überlistetest indicative preterite second-person
- überlistetet indicative plural preterite
- überlist imperative second-person singular
- habe überlistet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben überlistet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- überliste! imperative singular
- überlistet! imperative plural
- überlistet haben active infinitive perfect
- überlistet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- überlistet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- überlistet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to überlisten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überlisten in German?
überlisten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).