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Dictionary > über (sep)s

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  • sich überwerfen
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to throw over, to put on
    (ONLY in the sense of throwing a blanket over yourself or put on a sweater. )
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  • überbewerten
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to overvalue
    Opposite (closest): unterbewerten
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  • übergehen (in)
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to become, to turn into, to transition (in)to
    (A slow, gradual transition. )
    2.
    to transition to, to switch to
    ("übergehen zu"... ONLY in the sense of switching activities or how you do something.)
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  • überhaben
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to be fed up with
    (The thing you've had enough of is the direct object. Doesn't sound very annoyed and rather really "full". Think of eating really nice pasta and then having it for five days in a row.)
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  • überkochen
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to boil over
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  • überkriegen
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to get fed up with
    (Very colloquial and only in the context of food or maybe some content. It describes the process of becoming fed up with. The result of it is "überhaben".)
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  • überlaufen (zu)
    (über (sep))
    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. )
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  • überleiten
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to transition
    (only in texts, if for things and people you'd say "übergehen")
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  • überlisten
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to outwit, to dupe, to trick
    (The focus here is on being sneaky and smarter than the other person. The base is the noun "die List", which is a "clever scheme".)
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  • übersetzen (über)
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to set across
    (ONLY for rivers and lakes, and some niches like switching fingers on a piano.)
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  • überstehen
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to protrude
    (Pretty much only used in context of construction or carpentry. Not in a figurative sense.)
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  • überziehen
    (über (sep))
    1.
    to put on something extra
    ("sich+Dat etwas überziehen" - in the sense of putting on extra clothes. )
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