übertönt

[ˌyːbɐˈtøːnt]

/[ˌyːbɐˈtøːnt]/ verb

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The verdict

“übertönt” is uncommon German (frequency #63,067 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,067
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs übertönen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubertont · übertönt · German

übertönt · rank #63,067 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,067
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überspielt

Nearest frequency peer: überspielt (-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 „übertönt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for übertönt
PropertyValue
Headwordübertönt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈtøːnt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,067
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „übertönt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).übertöntfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überspielt“ (#63,066), „übriggeblieben“ (#63,068), „Überalterung“ (#63,064). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übertönt“ bei #63,067. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

übertönt is uncommon German at frequency #63,067 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈtøːnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs übertönen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for übertönt in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is übertönt, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-Ö-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs übertönen

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 "übertönt"?
"übertönt" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-Ö-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈtøːnt].
What does "übertönt" mean?
As a verb, "übertönt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs übertönen
How do you pronounce "übertönt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "übertönt" is [ˌyːbɐˈtøːnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "übertönt" come from?
"übertönt" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "übertönt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list