übersteigern
[yːbɐˈʃtaɪ̯ɡɐn]
The verdict
“übersteigern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - höher und höher werden lassen, bis etwas zu hoch für die Wirklichkeit ist; ins Unermessliche/Maßlose steigern
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubersteigern · übersteigern · German
übersteigern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | übersteigern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈʃtaɪ̯ɡɐn] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „übersteigern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
übersteigern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʃtaɪ̯ɡɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
übersteigern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 übersteigern, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-T-E-I-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1höher und höher werden lassen, bis etwas zu hoch für die Wirklichkeit ist; ins Unermessliche/Maßlose steigern
- 2immer intensiver werden lassen, bis etwas zu intensiv für normales Verhalten ist; ins Unermessliche/Maßlose steigern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how übersteigern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die USA hatten ihre Forderungen aus taktischen Gründen bewusst übersteigert.
„Läng trifft seine Bildauswahl, indem er den Menschen bei ihrer Tätigkeit zusieht und sie übersteigert wiedergibt.“
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.