übervorteilen

== German == === Etymology === 15th century, from über- (“over-”) +‎ Vorteil (“advantage”) +‎ -en, meaning “to seek an [undue] advantage over”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌyːbərˈfoːrtaɪ̯lən/, [ˌyː.bɐˈfoːɐ̯.taɪ̯.l̩n], [-fɔɐ̯-], [-lən] IPA(key): /ˌʏbər-/, [ˌʏbɐ-] (western Germany) Hyphenation: über‧vor‧tei‧len === Verb === übervorteilen (weak, third-person singular present übervorteilt, past tense übervorteilte, past participle übervorteilt, auxiliary haben) (transitive, chiefly formal) to take advantage of; to give someone less than they deserve ==== Usage notes ==== The sense is somewhat counterintuitive in view of the literal translation “to over-advantage someone”. Accordingly there may be occasional erroneous use of sich übervorteilen to mean “to take more than one deserves”. (The construction sich übervorteilen as such is not erroneous when meaning “to take advantage of each other”.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Übervorteilen, Übervorteiler, Übervorteilung === Further reading === “übervorteilen” in Duden online “übervorteilen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache