übertriebener
[ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbənɐ]
The verdict
“übertriebener” is uncommon German (frequency #60,304 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,304
- frequency rank, German
- 5,800
- “Ü” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs übertrieben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | übertriebener |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbənɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #60,304 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “übertriebener” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
übertriebener is uncommon German at frequency #60,304 among 5,800 “Ü” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈtʁiːbənɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
übertriebener doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 übertriebener, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs übertrieben
- 2Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs übertrieben
- 3Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs übertrieben
- 4Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs übertrieben
- 5Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs übertrieben
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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Using “übertriebener”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is Ü-B-E-R-T-R-I-E-B-E-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.