Polyglot Dictionary

überstürzen

/ˌyːbɐˈʃtʏʁtsn̩/

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
überstürzt
past
überstürzte
perfect
hat überstürzt

Meaning

  1. to rush

    Built from über (over) + stürzen (to fall).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • über over
  • stürzen to fall

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

precipitar

precipitar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to rush."

Portuguese

precipitar

precipitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to rush."

Practice

1 What does überstürzen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man sollte nichts ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches überstürzen?

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