überstürzen
[yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“überstürzen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,941 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,941
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas unvorbereitet in Angriff nehmen; übereilt handeln
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | überstürzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,941 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “überstürzen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
überstürzen is uncommon German at frequency #68,941 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas unvorbereitet in Angriff nehmen; übereilt handeln".
überstürzen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 überstürzen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-T-Ü-R-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas unvorbereitet in Angriff nehmen; übereilt handeln
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); 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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Using “überstürzen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-S-T-Ü-R-Z-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.