übernachten
German, verb
übernachten is spelled Ü-B-E-R-N-A-C-H-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written German, the 11,404th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übernachten is a German verb meaning “to stay overnight, to overnight, stay the night, sleep over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Übernachten is a different word: “gerund of übernachten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nachts anderswo schlafen oder ausruhen”.
What does übernachten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stay overnight, to overnight, stay the night, sleep over
Mama? Kann ich heute bei der Sarah übernachten?
noun
- 1
neutergerund of übernachten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nachts anderswo schlafen oder ausruhen
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 übernachten
- übernachtet present singular third-person
- übernachtete past
- haben auxiliary
- übernachtend participle present
- übernachte first-person indicative present
- übernachtest indicative present second-person
- übernachteten first-person indicative plural
- übernachtetest indicative preterite second-person
- übernachtetet indicative plural preterite
- übernacht imperative second-person singular
- habe übernachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben übernachtet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- übernachte! imperative singular
- übernachtet! imperative plural
- übernachtet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu übernachten active extended infinitive
- übernachtet zu haben active extended infinitive
- übernacht! imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to übernachten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is übernachten in German?
übernachten appears 5.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).