Polyglot Dictionary

Überschuss

/ˈyːbɐˌʃʊs/

der noun B2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Überschüsse

Meaning

  1. surplus

    Built from über (over) + Schuss (shot).

    • Es gab einen Überschuss.

      There was a surplus.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • über over
  • Schuss shot

Similar words

Selbstbeteiligung

Worth distinguishing: Selbstbeteiligung is the insurance excess/deductible you pay; Überschuss is a surplus amount left over — both can translate English "excess" but mean opposite things.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

excedente

excedente is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surplus."

Portuguese

superávit

superávit is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "surplus."

Practice

1 What does Überschuss mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es gab einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Überschuss?

nouncompound

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