überliefern

B2 Verb frequency rank #12,565

What überliefern means

Verb

to hand down (a story, culture, knowledge etc. orally or in writing)

Forms

überliefern · überliefert · überlieferte · hat überliefert (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

überliefern in a sentence

Diese Geschichte wurde über viele Generationen mündlich überliefert.

This story was handed down orally over many generations.

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überliefern is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #12,565 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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