überspannen
[yːbɐˈʃpanən]
The verdict
“überspannen” is uncommon German (frequency #92,523 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,523
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von einem Punkt zum anderen Punkt reichen (spannen) und dabei etwas unter sich liegen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-uberspannen · überspannen · German
überspannen · rank #92,523 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,523
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH Ärztehaus
Nearest frequency peer: Ärztehaus (-2 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 „überspannen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zwischenmen…
zwischenmenschlicher
7,482 corpus weight
- Zwischensto…
Zwischenstopps
7,481 corpus weight
- Ärztehaus
Ärztehaus
7,480 corpus weight
- überspannen
überspannen
7,478 corpus weight
- Abendschau
Abendschau
7,474 corpus weight
- Abfahrtszei…
Abfahrtszeiten
7,473 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „überspannen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überspannen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈʃpanən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #92,523 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „überspannen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
überspannen is uncommon German at frequency #92,523 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʃpanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
überspannen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is überspannen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-P-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1von einem Punkt zum anderen Punkt reichen (spannen) und dabei etwas unter sich liegen lassen
- 2etwas dehnen (unter Spannung setzen) und damit etwas anderes bedecken
- 3so sehr dehnen (spannen), dass es Schaden nimmt oder zerreißt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how überspannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Autobahnbrücke überspannt das Tal.
Vor der Winterpause werden die Sessel mit Leinenbezügen überspannt.
Antonyms
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.
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