Überrest
German, noun/ˈyːbɐˌʁɛst/
Überrest is spelled Ü-B-E-R-R-E-S-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überrest is a German masculine noun meaning “residue, remnant, leftover, relic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “relativ kleine, übrig gebliebene Menge, letzter Rest”.
What does Überrest mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineresidue, remnant, leftover, relic
Ich habe die Überreste einer untergegangenen Zivilisation gefunden.
- 2
masculineremains, corpse
Hier liegen ihre sterblichen Überreste.
- 3
masculineremains, leftover(s): non-traditional source (inadvertently produced source of information of historiographical interest)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. relativ kleine, übrig gebliebene Menge, letzter Rest
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 Überrest
- Überrestes genitive
- Überrests genitive
- Überreste plural
- Überresten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Überrest?
- /ˈyːbɐˌʁɛst/
- [ˈyːbɐˌʁɛst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Überrest
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Überrest in German?
Überrest appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).