übertrieben

/[ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbn̩]/ adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,385

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

übertrieben is anGermanadj. It means: viel mehr als nötig; zu viel Pronounced [ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbn̩]. It ranks #6,385 in German word frequency. Often confused with übertriebene and untertrieben.

Key facts for übertrieben
PropertyValue
Headwordübertrieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,385
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of übertrieben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for übertrieben is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,385 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "viel mehr als nötig; zu viel".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for übertrieben, with forms such as "büertrieben", "übbertrieben", and "überrtieben". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "übertriebene", "untertrieben", "übertriebenen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is übertrieben, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    viel mehr als nötig; zu viel

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: büertrieben,übbertrieben,überrtieben,überrtrieben,übertireben,übertribeen,übertriebben,übertriebenn,übertriebne,übertrieebn,übertrrieben,überttrieben,übetrrieben,übretrieben,üebrtrieben

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for übertrieben

Misspelling Variants of "übertrieben"

büertrieben11übbertrieben12überrtieben11überrtrieben12übertireben11übertribeen11übertriebben12übertriebenn12
Misspelling Variants of "übertrieben"

Frequency rank: #6,385 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "übertrieben"?
"übertrieben" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbn̩].
What does "übertrieben" mean?
As an adj, "übertrieben" means: viel mehr als nötig; zu viel
What words are commonly confused with "übertrieben"?
"übertrieben" is commonly confused with "übertriebene", "untertrieben", "übertriebenen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "übertrieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "übertrieben" is [ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "übertrieben" come from?
"übertrieben" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.