German-English translation for "übereifrig"

"übereifrig" English translation

übereifrig
Adjektiv | adjective adj

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overeager, overkeen, overzealous, oversolicitous officious
  • officious
    übereifrig übertrieben geschäftig
    übereifrig übertrieben geschäftig
examples
This raises the question: who is at fault for this supposedly overzealous regulation?
Das wirft die Frage auf: wer ist schuldig an dieser vermeintlich übereifrigen Regulierung?
Source: Europarl
Why are you studying French so hard?
Warum lernst du so übereifrig Französisch?
Source: Tatoeba
Sometimes the police are overzealous.
Manchmal ist die Polizei übereifrig.
Source: News-Commentary
in writing. - (FR) Our Committee on Budgetary Control has once again been over-zealous.
Unser Haushaltskontrollausschuss war mal wieder übereifrig.
Source: Europarl
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