überholen

B1 Verb frequency rank #6,289

What überholen means

Verb

to overtake; to pass (e.g. a vehicle, a runner)
to excel; to become more or better than
to overhaul (to check, repair and/or modernize, e.g. a machine)
to recondition, to refit

Forms

überholen · überholt · überholte · hat überholt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

überholen in a sentence

Bei durchgezogener Linie darf man nicht überholen.

You may not overtake where there's a solid line.

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überholen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #6,289 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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