Polyglot Dictionary

überfallen

/yːbɐˈfalən/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
überfällt
past
überfiel
perfect
hat überfallen

Meaning

  1. to attack, to rob

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

ausrauben

überfallen implies more of a surprise attack or assault, like a mugging; ausrauben is more general robbing, like a store or a house.

Practice

1 What does überfallen mean?

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