übertrage

[ˌyːbɐˈtʁaːɡə]

/[ˌyːbɐˈtʁaːɡə]/ verb

The verdict

“übertrage” is uncommon German (frequency #69,947 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,947
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubertrage · übertrage · German

übertrage · rank #69,947 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,947
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH Überschwang

Nearest frequency peer: Überschwang (-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 „übertrage“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for übertrage
PropertyValue
Headwordübertrage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈtʁaːɡə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,947
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „übertrage“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Überschwang“ (#69,946), „üppiges“ (#69,948), „Überlebenskampf“ (#69,944). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übertrage“ bei #69,947. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

übertrage is uncommon German at frequency #69,947 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈtʁaːɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for übertrage, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is übertrage, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertragen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertragen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertragen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertragen

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 "übertrage"?
"übertrage" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈtʁaːɡə].
What does "übertrage" mean?
As a verb, "übertrage" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs übertragen
How do you pronounce "übertrage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "übertrage" is [ˌyːbɐˈtʁaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "übertrage" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list