überschlägt

[ˌyːbɐˈʃlɛːkt]

/[ˌyːbɐˈʃlɛːkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“überschlägt” is uncommon German (frequency #54,281 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,281
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberschlagt · überschlägt · German

überschlägt · rank #54,281 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,281
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Überquerung

Nearest frequency peer: Überquerung (-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 „überschlägt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überschlägt
PropertyValue
Headwordüberschlägt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈʃlɛːkt]
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,281
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überschlägt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.überschlägtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Überquerung“ (#54,280), „überschüssigen“ (#54,282), „übermüdet“ (#54,279). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überschlägt“ bei #54,281. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überschlägt is uncommon German at frequency #54,281 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈʃlɛːkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for überschlägt, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.

No borrowing history is documented 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 überschlägt, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ä-G-T.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen

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 "überschlägt"?
"überschlägt" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-L-Ä-G-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈʃlɛːkt].
What does "überschlägt" mean?
As a verb, "überschlägt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen
How do you pronounce "überschlägt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überschlägt" is [ˌyːbɐˈʃlɛːkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überschlägt" come from?
"überschlägt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Überquerung#54,280Überfüllung#54,276Überflutung#54,275Abschirmung#54,291

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list