Polyglot Dictionary

überlasten

/ˌyːbɐˈlastn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
überlastet
past
überlastete
perfect
hat überlastet

Meaning

  1. to overload

    Built from über (over) + Last (load).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • über over
  • Last load

Similar words

überladen

überladen is more physical, like overloading a vehicle; überlasten is more abstract, like overloading a system or overloading someone with work.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

sobrecarregar

sobrecarregar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to overload."

Practice

1 What does überlasten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das Netz ist ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches überlasten?

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