überschnappen
[ˈyːbɐˌʃnapn̩]
The verdict
“überschnappen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plötzlich eine andere Haltung annehmen, die für die Umgebung nicht nachvollziehbar ist, verrückt werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberschnappen · überschnappen · German
überschnappen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Ü" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überschnappen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈyːbɐˌʃnapn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überschnappen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überschnappen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈyːbɐˌʃnapn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for überschnappen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 überschnappen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-C-H-N-A-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1plötzlich eine andere Haltung annehmen, die für die Umgebung nicht nachvollziehbar ist, verrückt werden
- 2den normalen (sonoren) Klang verlieren, hoch, vielleicht auch schrill werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überschnappen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bist du jetzt vollkommen übergeschnappt?
Ich schnapp gleich über!
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.