übertrugen

[yːbɐˈtʁuːɡn̩]

/[yːbɐˈtʁuːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“übertrugen” is uncommon German (frequency #71,046 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,046
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 übertragen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ubertrugen · übertrugen · German

übertrugen · rank #71,046 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,046
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überfragt

Nearest frequency peer: überfragt (-3 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 „übertrugen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for übertrugen
PropertyValue
Headwordübertrugen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[yːbɐˈtʁuːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#71,046
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „übertrugen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.übertrugenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „überfragt“ (#71,043), „Ölförderung“ (#71,041), „Aarhus“ (#71,051). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „übertrugen“ bei #71,046. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

übertrugen is uncommon German at frequency #71,046 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [yːbɐˈtʁuːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for übertrugen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is übertrugen, spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-U-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übertragen
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum 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 "übertrugen"?
"übertrugen" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-T-R-U-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [yːbɐˈtʁuːɡn̩].
What does "übertrugen" mean?
As a verb, "übertrugen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs übertragen
How do you pronounce "übertrugen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "übertrugen" is [yːbɐˈtʁuːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "übertrugen" come from?
"übertrugen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

zweitägige#71,037abschaltet#71,060zugedrückt#71,027Zielperson#71,023

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list