überschlug

[yːbɐˈʃluːk]

/[yːbɐˈʃluːk]/ verb

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The verdict

“überschlug” is uncommon German (frequency #53,421 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,421
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberschlug · überschlug · German

überschlug · rank #53,421 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,421
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Überlebens

Nearest frequency peer: Überlebens (-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 „überschlug“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überschlug
PropertyValue
Headwordüberschlug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈʃluːk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#53,421
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überschlug“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).überschlugfällt 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: „Überlebens“ (#53,420), „überstürzt“ (#53,422), „Überhitzung“ (#53,419). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überschlug“ bei #53,421. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überschlug is uncommon German at frequency #53,421 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʃluːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

überschlug has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 überschlug, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-L-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum 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 "überschlug"?
"überschlug" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-L-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈʃluːk].
What does "überschlug" mean?
As a verb, "überschlug" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überschlagen
How do you pronounce "überschlug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überschlug" is [yːbɐˈʃluːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überschlug" come from?
"überschlug" 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 "überschlug", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Überlebens#53,420überstürzt#53,422Zweikämpfe#53,410abzutreten#53,434

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list