embrace
[ɪmˈbreɪs]
The verdict
“embrace” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden
Corpus desk
Index DE-embrace · embrace · German
embrace · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | embrace |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪmˈbreɪs] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „embrace“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
embrace is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪmˈbreɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden".
Zero misspellings are on record for embrace in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is embrace, spelled E-M-B-R-A-C-E.
Definition
- 1die Umarmung: das Legen von Armen um jemanden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how embrace appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"She covered me with kisses for the gift, and in her embraces I forgot the madman of the hills, and my melancholy passed."
" When I was presented to him, he gave me a close embrace, a compliment I could well have excused."
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.