übermannen
German, verb
übermannen is spelled Ü-B-E-R-M-A-N-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übermannen is a German verb meaning “to overpower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Übermannen is a different word: “gerund of übermannen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “überwältigend getroffen werden”.
What does übermannen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overpower
- 2
to overwhelm
noun
- 1
neutergerund of übermannen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. überwältigend getroffen werden 2. jemanden körperlich besiegen
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 übermannen
- übermannt present singular third-person
- übermannte past
- haben auxiliary
- übermannend participle present
- übermanne first-person indicative present
- übermannst indicative present second-person
- übermannest second-person singular subjunctive
- übermannet plural second-person subjunctive
- übermannten first-person indicative plural
- übermanntest indicative preterite second-person
- übermanntet indicative plural preterite
- übermann imperative second-person singular
- habe übermannt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben übermannt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- übermann! imperative singular
- übermanne! imperative singular
- übermannt! imperative plural
- übermannt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to übermannen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is übermannen in German?
übermannen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).