umerziehen
[ˈʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡siːən]
The verdict
“umerziehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden, unter Umständen auch unter Zwang, dazu bringen, sein Verhalten zu ändern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umerziehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡siːən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umerziehen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
umerziehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡siːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden, unter Umständen auch unter Zwang, dazu bringen, sein Verhalten zu ändern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umerziehen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is umerziehen, spelled U-M-E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden, unter Umständen auch unter Zwang, dazu bringen, sein Verhalten zu ändern
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.
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Using “umerziehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-M-E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡siːən] (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
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.