überrennen

[ˈyːbɐˌʁɛnən]

/[ˈyːbɐˌʁɛnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“überrennen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,444 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,444
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur gegnerischen Seite wechseln

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberrennen · überrennen · German

überrennen · rank #76,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,444
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überlauf

Nearest frequency peer: überlauf (-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 „überrennen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überrennen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überrennen
PropertyValue
Headwordüberrennen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈyːbɐˌʁɛnən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,444
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überrennen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).überrennenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überlauf“ (#76,443), „überlass“ (#76,442), „übergriffig“ (#76,441). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überrennen“ bei #76,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überrennen is uncommon German at frequency #76,444 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʁɛnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur gegnerischen Seite wechseln".

überrennen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is überrennen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-E-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    zur gegnerischen Seite wechseln

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how überrennen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Soldaten rannten in Scharen zum Feind über.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überrennen"?
"überrennen" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-E-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈyːbɐˌʁɛnən].
What does "überrennen" mean?
As a verb, "überrennen" means: zur gegnerischen Seite wechseln
How do you pronounce "überrennen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überrennen" is [ˈyːbɐˌʁɛnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überrennen" come from?
"überrennen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "überrennen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zyklischen#76,434zwingender#76,433abgefeiert#76,458abstempeln#76,464

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list