überwies

[ˌyːbɐˈviːs]

/[ˌyːbɐˈviːs]/ verb

The verdict

“überwies” is uncommon German (frequency #68,942 among 443 “Ü” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,942
frequency rank, German
443
“Ü” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-uberwies · überwies · German

überwies · rank #68,942 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,942
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 443
  • PHOTO-FINISH überstürzen

Nearest frequency peer: überstürzen (-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 „überwies“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for überwies
PropertyValue
Headwordüberwies
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌyːbɐˈviːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#68,942
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „überwies“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).überwiesfällt 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: „überstürzen“ (#68,941), „übersenden“ (#68,940), „Überholmanöver“ (#68,939). Unter 443 „Ü“-Lemmata liegt „überwies“ bei #68,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

überwies is uncommon German at frequency #68,942 among 443 “Ü” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˌyːbɐˈviːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for überwies in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is überwies, spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überweisen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überweisen

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 "überwies"?
"überwies" is spelled Ü-B-E-R-W-I-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌyːbɐˈviːs].
What does "überwies" mean?
As a verb, "überwies" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs überweisen
How do you pronounce "überwies"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "überwies" is [ˌyːbɐˈviːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list