German–English dictionary

überbordend produktiv

(intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

überbrücken

(transitive) To be on both sides of something; to have parts that are in different places, regions, etc.

Überbrückungskabel

A short length of electrical conductor, to make a temporary connection. Also jump wire.

Überdach

Any overhanging or projecting roof structure, typically over entrances or doors.

überdachen

(transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.

überdachter Verbindungsgang

A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.

überdauern

(transitive) To live, last or remain longer than.

überdecken

(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

Überdeckung

(combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.

Überdehnung

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

überdenken

(transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.

überdeutlich

Easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory.

überdies

(conjunctive) Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.

überdosieren

(transitive) To dose to excess; to give an overdose, or too many doses, to someone.

Überdosis

An excessive and dangerous dose of a drug.

überdreht

Amateurish; characterized by overacting.

Überdruss

A weariness caused by exertion; exhaustion.

überdurchschnittlich

Better than average.

übereifrig

Offensive to good taste, tactless, overzealous, excessive.

übereilen

(transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.

übereinanderlegen

(ambitransitive) To arrange in layers.

Übereinkommen

(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.

Übereinkunft

An agreement.

übereinstimmen

(intransitive) To agree or correspond; to be in harmony; to be concordant.

übereinstimmend

Showing accord in feeling or action.

Übereinstimmung

Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.

überempfindlich

Having excessive sensitivity; reacting to stimuli too readily; thin-skinned.

Überempfindlichkeit

(medicine, immunology, broadly) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.

übererfüllen

(intransitive) To be full to overflowing; to bristle. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

überessen

(ambitransitive) To eat too much of.

überfahren

(figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.

überfahrenes Tier

(chiefly, US, automotive) The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.

Überfahrt

A voyage across a body of water.

Überfall

(now, rare) The act of assailing.

überfallen

(transitive) To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail.

überfällig

Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.

überfliegen

To fly over something.

überflügeln

To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.

Überfluss

An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

überflüssig

Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

überflüssig machen

(transitive) To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary.

überfluten

To cover or partly fill as if by a flood.

Überflutung

An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

Überforderung

(psychology, figurative) Emotional overwhelm sometimes leading to a primal state of rage or panic.

überfressen

(intransitive, reflexive) To overeat or feed to excess (on or upon something).

Überfuhr

(nautical) A boat used to ferry passengers, vehicles, or goods across open water, especially one that runs to a regular schedule

Überführung

A place where one thing crosses over another.

Überfülle

abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

überfüllen

(obsolete) To pack or crowd together.

überfüllt

Overcrowded or congested.

überfürsorglich

excessively protective, wanting to give too much protection (especially to children)

überfüttern

(transitive) To feed a person or animal too much.

Übergabe

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

Übergang

A place where one thing crosses over another.

Übergangs-

of, or relating to a transition

übergangsweise

Transitional.

Übergangszeit

A transitional or temporary period between other events.

übergeben

To hand down; to transmit.

übergeblieben

Remaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.

übergebührlich

Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism.

Übergeflossene(s)

The spillage resultant from overflowing.

übergehen

(transitive) To remove; to omit.

Übergelaufene(s)

The spillage resultant from overflowing.

übergenau

Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.

übergeordnet

Higher in rank, status, or quality.

übergeschnappt

Disturbed or upset, especially mentally.

Übergewicht

Obesity; the state of being fat.

übergewichtig

(transportation, legal, of a vehicle) Weighing more than what is allowed for safety or legal commerce.

Übergewichtigkeit

Superiority of influence, power, a quality, etc.; an outweighing, predominance, pre-eminence.

überglücklich

(idiomatic) Delighted, thrilled.

Übergriff

An intrusion upon another's possessions or rights; infringement.

Übergriffe begehen

(intransitive) To advance gradually beyond due limits.

übergriffig werden

(intransitive) To advance gradually beyond due limits.

Übergriffigkeit

(also, figuratively) An act of extending or reaching over, especially if too far or too much; overextension.

Überhang

An accumulation or buildup, especially of unfilled orders, unconsumed products or unfinished work.

überhängend

Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.

überhäufen

(transitive) To give out to (somebody) extremely generously.

überhaupt

In an absolute or unconditional manner; utterly, positively, wholly.

überhaupt kein

(negative polarity item, or, interrogative, chiefly with plural or uncountable nouns) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.

überheblich

In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.

Überheblichkeit

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

überhitzt

Excessively heated.

Überhitzung

A situation where something is overheated.

überhöht

(economics) : In a state of higher cost.

überholen

(transitive) To overtake.

überholt

(computing) Said of a function or feature planned to be phased out, but still available for use.

Überholung

A major repair, renovation, or revision.

überirdisch

Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.

Überkopf-

Located above, especially over the head.

Überkopfgehen

The act or result of overturning something; an upset.

überkorrekt

Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.

überladen

Scattered with a disorderly mixture of objects that occupies space; littered.

Überladung

An excessive load.

überlagern

To extend over and partly cover something.

überlagert

Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).

Überlandbus

(British, Australia) A long-distance, or privately hired, bus.

überlappen

(intransitive) To be turned or folded; to lie partly on or over something; to overlap.

Überlassen

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. [Late 16th century.]

überlasten

(transitive) To provide too much power to a circuit.

überlastet

(figurative) Beset by trouble or difficulty.

überlastet sein

(intransitive) To fail due to excessive load.

Überlastung

An excessive load.

Überlauf

An outlet for escape of excess material.

überlaufen

(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.

Überläufer

One who defects.

Überläuferin

One who defects.

überlaunig

Easily offended and ready to bicker.

überleben

(intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.

Überleben der Bestangepassten

(evolutionary theory) Natural selection.

überlebend

Still alive; not extinct.

Überlebende

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

Überlebender

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

überlebensfähig

(biology) Able to live and develop.

Überlebensfähigkeit

The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.

Überlebenskünstler

(figuratively) A person who is able to endure hardship.

Überlebsel

(anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.

überlegen

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

überlegen sein

(transitive) To beat in a contest.

Überlegenheit

The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.

überlegt

Formed with deliberation; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.

Überlegung

The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).

überleiten

To move smoothly from one state or subject to another.

Überleitung

(accounting) The process of comparing and resolving apparent differences between sets of accounting records, or between accounting records and bank statements, receipts, etc.

überleuchten

To shine brighter than something else

überliefert

Of, relating to, or derived from tradition.

Überlieferung

A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

überlisten

(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

Überlistung

The act of evading or going around (bypassing).

übermachen

(legal) To give or leave by will; to give by testament.

übermannen

(transitive) To subdue someone by superior force.

Übermaß

The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

übermäßig

Exceeding the usual bounds of something; too much (of amount); extravagant; immoderate.

übermäßiger Genuss

An act of overindulging; indulgence in too much; pleasure or consumption taken in excess of what is satisfying or necessary.

Übermäßigkeit

The property of being excessive.

Übermensch

(chiefly, philosophy) An imagined superior type of human being representing a new stage of human development; an übermensch, an overman. [from 1903.]

übermenschlich

Beyond what is possible for a human being.

übermitteln

To communicate; to make known; to portray.

übermütig

(of actions) Overly bold, impetuous or rash.

übernachten

(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.

Übernachtung

(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

Übernachtungsmöglichkeit

A temporary residence.

Übernahme

The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.

übernational

Beyond the borders or scope of any one nation.

übernatürlich

Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.

übernehmen

To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.

übernommen

Obtained via an inheritance

überparteilich

(politics) Relating to, or supported by two groups, especially by two political parties.

überprüfbar

Able to be verified or confirmed.

überprüfen

(transitive) To inspect; to examine.

Überprüfung

An examination in general.