überschatten
German, verb
überschatten is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Überschatten is a German verb meaning “to overshadow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Überschatten is a different word: “gerund of überschatten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Schatten belegen”.
What does überschatten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overshadow
noun
- 1
neutergerund of überschatten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Schatten belegen 2. gleichzeitig von etwas Traurigem oder Unangenehmen betroffen, was das eigentlich positive Erleben beeinträchtigt
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 überschatten
- überschattet present singular third-person
- überschattete past
- haben auxiliary
- überschattend participle present
- überschatte first-person indicative present
- überschattest indicative present second-person
- überschatteten first-person indicative plural
- überschattetest indicative preterite second-person
- überschattetet indicative plural preterite
- überschatt imperative second-person singular
- habe überschattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben überschattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- überschatte! imperative singular
- überschattet! imperative plural
- überschattet haben active infinitive perfect
- überschattet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- überschattet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- überschattet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to überschatten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überschatten in German?
überschatten 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).