called txDictionary > über (sep)s
- Perfect (spoken past): hat übergeworfenPreterite (written past): warf übersee details >1.
- to throw over, to put on
- (ONLY in the sense of throwing a blanket over yourself or put on a sweater. )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat überbelichtetPreterite (written past): belichtete übersee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat überbewertetPreterite (written past): bewertete übersee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): ist übergegangenPreterite (written past): ging über1.
- to become, to turn into, to transition (in)to
- (A slow, gradual transition. )
How useful:see details >2.- to transition to, to switch to
- ("übergehen zu"... ONLY in the sense of switching activities or how you do something.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat übergehabtPreterite (written past): hatte übersee details >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.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat übergekochtPreterite (written past): kochte übersee details >
- Perfect (spoken past): hat übergekriegtPreterite (written past): kriegte übersee details >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".)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): ist übergelaufenPreterite (written past): lief über1.
- to overflow
- (For liquid running over the edges of a container. Think of a bathtub.)
How useful:see details >2.- to defect to the enemy
- ("überlaufen zu" - A soldier or spy changing allegiance. )
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat übergeleitetPreterite (written past): leitete übersee details >1.
- to transition
- (only in texts, if for things and people you'd say "übergehen")
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat überlistetPreterite (written past): überlistetesee details >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".)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat übergesetztPreterite (written past): setzte übersee details >1.
- to set across
- (ONLY for rivers and lakes, and some niches like switching fingers on a piano.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat übergestandenPreterite (written past): stand übersee details >1.
- to protrude
- (Pretty much only used in context of construction or carpentry. Not in a figurative sense.)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat überstrapaziertPreterite (written past): strapazierte übersee details >1.
- to overstrain, to overwork, to wear out
- (The core idea is to continuously ask "too much" of something or someone)
How useful: - Perfect (spoken past): hat überzogenPreterite (written past): überzogsee details >1.
- to put on something extra
- ("sich+Dat etwas überziehen" - in the sense of putting on extra clothes. )
How useful:
Here's a quick overview with translations. For family, examples and more check the details.
