übertönen
[ˌyːbɐˈtøːnən]
The verdict
“übertönen” is uncommon German (frequency #65,935 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,935
- frequency rank, German
- 443
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lauter tönen als eine Person oder Sache, sodass diese nicht gehört wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubertonen · übertönen · German
übertönen · rank #65,935 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,935
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH übertrafen
Nearest frequency peer: übertrafen (-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 „übertönen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zyklische
zyklische
34,072 corpus weight
- zünde
zünde
34,071 corpus weight
- Ärmelkanal
Ärmelkanal
34,070 corpus weight
- übersandt
übersandt
34,068 corpus weight
- übertrafen
übertrafen
34,067 corpus weight
- übertönen
übertönen
34,066 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „übertönen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | übertönen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈtøːnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #65,935 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „übertönen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
übertönen is uncommon German at frequency #65,935 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈtøːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for übertönen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is übertönen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-Ö-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1lauter tönen als eine Person oder Sache, sodass diese nicht gehört wird
- 2die Aufmerksamkeit auf etwas in den Hintergrund drängen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how übertönen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es geht heute nur noch darum, seine Anliegen hinauszuposaunen und dabei die lauteste Person im Raum zu übertönen.
Das Dröhnen einer startenden Passagiermaschine übertönte die Stimme aus dem Handy.
Synonyms
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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