überwinden

== German == === Alternative forms === überwinnen (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German überwinden, from Old High German ubarwintan, an originally Upper German form besides Central German überwinnen, ubarwinnan. This latter is from Proto-West Germanic *ubarwinnan. Cognate with Dutch overwinnen, English overwin. Equivalent to über- + winnen (“to win”, simplex of gewinnen). The form with -nd- is analysable as über- +‎ winden (“to wind, twist”). It is uncertain whether this is a mere phonetic alteration of the nn-form or an actual derivation from the verb. For the latter possibility compare isolated Middle High German uses like anewinden (“to attack”), widerwinden (“to repulse”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌyːbərˈvɪndən/, [ˌʔyː.bɐˈvɪn.dn̩] Hyphenation: über‧win‧den Rhymes: -ɪndn̩ === Verb === überwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present überwindet, past tense überwand, past participle überwunden, past subjunctive überwände, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to overcome, to get over ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Überwinden, Überwinder, Überwindung überwindbar === Further reading === “überwinden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “überwinden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “überwinden” in Duden online “überwinden” in OpenThesaurus.de