übersprang

[yːbɐˈʃpʁaŋ]

/[yːbɐˈʃpʁaŋ]/ verb

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The verdict

“übersprang” is uncommon German (frequency #91,219 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,219
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 überspringen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubersprang · übersprang · German

übersprang · rank #91,219 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,219
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Überspannung

Nearest frequency peer: Überspannung (-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 „übersprang“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for übersprang
PropertyValue
Headwordübersprang
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈʃpʁaŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#91,219
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „übersprang“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).übersprangfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Überspannung“ (#91,218), „Übertragbarkeit“ (#91,220), „Überrest“ (#91,217). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übersprang“ bei #91,219. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

übersprang is uncommon German at frequency #91,219 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʃpʁaŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for übersprang, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is übersprang, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-P-R-A-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überspringen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überspringen

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

Same letter count

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

überreiche#91,216abgeblockt#91,234zweispurig#91,201Aggregaten#91,248

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list