🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

überdreht

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yýberdreht

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Crunk/krʌŋk/
adjectivenounverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Stimmung im Club war absolut überdreht."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Excited, energized, fired up, or out of control, especially in a party or club setting.

    "The crowd got completely crunk as soon as the headliner took the stage."
As noun
  1. 1

    A subgenre of Southern hip-hop characterized by heavy bass, repeated chants, and high-energy dance beats.

    "Early 2000s club anthems helped bring crunk into the mainstream musical landscape."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Coined in the southern United States hip-hop scene in the late 1990s, the term is commonly considered a blend of the words 'crazy' and 'drunk'. It initially emerged in African American Vernacular English (AAVE) to describe an intensely high-energy, wild, and frenzied state or musical style.

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