überzählig
German, adjective/ˈyːbɐˌt͡sɛːlɪç/
überzählig is a German adjective meaning “odd, supernumerary, excess, surplus, redundant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über das hinausgehend, was gemeint/geplant/notwendig/vorgesehen/gebraucht/normal ist”.
What does überzählig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
odd, supernumerary, excess, surplus, redundant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. über das hinausgehend, was gemeint/geplant/notwendig/vorgesehen/gebraucht/normal ist
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 überzählig
- überzähliger masculine nominative singular
- überzählige feminine nominative singular
- überzähliges neuter nominative singular
- überzähligen genitive masculine singular
- überzähligem dative masculine singular
- der überzählige definite includes-article masculine
- die überzählige definite feminine includes-article
- das überzählige definite includes-article neuter
- die überzähligen definite includes-article nominative
- des überzähligen definite genitive includes-article
- der überzähligen definite feminine genitive
- dem überzähligen dative definite includes-article
- den überzähligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce überzählig?
- /ˈyːbɐˌt͡sɛːlɪç/
- [ˈyːbɐˌt͡sɛːlɪç]
- [ˈyːbɐˌt͡sɛːlɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to überzählig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is überzählig in German?
überzählig appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).