Übertreibung
German, noun[yːbɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Übertreibung is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-E-I-B-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übertreibung is a German feminine noun meaning “exaggeration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übersteigerte Darstellung einer Tatsache”.
What does Übertreibung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexaggeration
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übersteigerte Darstellung einer Tatsache
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Übertreibung
- Übertreibungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Übertreibung?
- [yːbɐˈtʁaɪ̯bʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Übertreibung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Übertreibung in German?
Übertreibung appears 1.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).