übertrafen
[yːbɐˈtʁaːfn̩]
The verdict
“übertrafen” is uncommon German (frequency #65,934 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,934
- 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 übertreffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ubertrafen · übertrafen · German
übertrafen · rank #65,934 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,934
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 443
- PHOTO-FINISH übersandt
Nearest frequency peer: übersandt (-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 „übertrafen“
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 „übertrafen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | übertrafen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [yːbɐˈtʁaːfn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,934 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „übertrafen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
übertrafen is uncommon German at frequency #65,934 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈtʁaːfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
übertrafen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is übertrafen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-A-F-E-N.
Definition
- 11. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übertreffen
- 23. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übertreffen
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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