überstiegen

[ˌyːbɐˈʃtiːɡn̩]

/[ˌyːbɐˈʃtiːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“überstiegen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,930 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,930
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberstiegen · überstiegen · German

überstiegen · rank #66,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,930
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überschwängli…

Nearest frequency peer: überschwänglich (-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 „überstiegen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überstiegen
PropertyValue
Headwordüberstiegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈʃtiːɡn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,930
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überstiegen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.überstiegenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überschwänglich“ (#66,929), „überragen“ (#66,928), „übermächtig“ (#66,927). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überstiegen“ bei #66,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überstiegen is uncommon German at frequency #66,930 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈʃtiːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for überstiegen in our 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, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is überstiegen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-T-I-E-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersteigen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersteigen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersteigen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übersteigen

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

übermächtig#66,927abgerissene#66,936zweimaligen#66,921zuschneiden#66,917

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list