umdrehte

[ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə]

/[ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“umdrehte” is uncommon German (frequency #70,906 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,906
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umdrehen

Key facts for umdrehte
PropertyValue
Headwordumdrehte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,906
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “umdrehte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). umdrehte lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umdrehte is uncommon German at frequency #70,906 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for umdrehte 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, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is umdrehte, spelled U-M-D-R-E-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umdrehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umdrehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umdrehen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umdrehen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umdrehte"?
"umdrehte" is spelled U-M-D-R-E-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə].
What does "umdrehte" mean?
As a verb, "umdrehte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs umdrehen
How do you pronounce "umdrehte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umdrehte" is [ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umdrehte" come from?
"umdrehte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “umdrehte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-M-D-R-E-H-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊmˌdʁeːtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list