überstürzen

[yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]

/[yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“überstürzen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,941 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,941
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas unvorbereitet in Angriff nehmen; übereilt handeln

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubersturzen · überstürzen · German

überstürzen · rank #68,941 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,941
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH übersenden

Nearest frequency peer: übersenden (-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 „überstürzen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überstürzen
PropertyValue
Headwordüberstürzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,941
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überstürzen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „übersenden“ (#68,940), „überwies“ (#68,942), „Überholmanöver“ (#68,939). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überstürzen“ bei #68,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überstürzen is uncommon German at frequency #68,941 among 443 “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

  1. 1
    etwas unvorbereitet in Angriff nehmen; übereilt handeln

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how überstürzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Lasst uns nichts überstürzen!“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "überstürzen"?
"überstürzen" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-S-T-Ü-R-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩].
What does "überstürzen" mean?
As a verb, "überstürzen" means: etwas unvorbereitet in Angriff nehmen; übereilt handeln
How do you pronounce "überstürzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überstürzen" is [yːbɐˈʃtʏʁt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "überstürzen" come from?
"überstürzen" 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 "überstürzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list