umbrechen
[ˈʊmbʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“umbrechen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grünland durch Pflügen in Ackerland umwandeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-umbrechen · umbrechen · German
umbrechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | umbrechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmbʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umbrechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umbrechen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmbʁɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for umbrechen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is umbrechen, spelled U-M-B-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Grünland durch Pflügen in Ackerland umwandeln
- 2abbrechen und umwerfen
- 3abbrechen und umfallen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umbrechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In einem Landschaftsschutzgebiet ist es erlaubt, Grünland umzubrechen.
Der Sturm hat etliche Bäume umgebrochen.
This word in other languages
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.