Dictionary verb über verb über (sep) *hlaupan laufen überlaufen (zu)

überlaufen (zu)

Meanings

1.
to overflow
(For liquid running over the edges of a container. Think of a bathtub.)
2.
to defect to the enemy
("überlaufen zu" - A soldier or spy changing allegiance. )

Word Family

Root: *hlaupan

This is a West-Germanic root and connections beyond the Germanic branch of the Indo-European tree are not known. It’s the origin of English to leap.

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