überragen
[ˌyːbɐˈʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“überragen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,928 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,928
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höher oder länger sein als etwas anderes
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberragen · überragen · German
überragen · rank #66,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,928
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH übermächtig
Nearest frequency peer: übermächtig (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „überragen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zünd
zünd
33,078 corpus weight
- öffentlichk…
öffentlichkeitswirksam
33,076 corpus weight
- übermächtig
übermächtig
33,074 corpus weight
- überragen
überragen
33,073 corpus weight
- überschwäng…
überschwänglich
33,072 corpus weight
- überstiegen
überstiegen
33,071 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überragen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,928 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überragen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überragen is uncommon German at frequency #66,928 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈʁaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
überragen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is überragen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1höher oder länger sein als etwas anderes
- 2besser sein als jemand anderer
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Stelle, wo einst das World Trade Center alle anderen Gebäude Manhattans überragte, klafft jetzt eine Lücke.
Er überragt alle seine Klassenkameraden, sowohl von der Körpergröße, als auch von der Leistung her.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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