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 September 3, 2026) - jemanden, unter Umständen auch unter Zwang, dazu bringen, sein Verhalten zu ändern
Corpus desk
Index DE-umerziehen · umerziehen · German
umerziehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | umerziehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmʔɛɐ̯ˌt͡siːən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umerziehen“ im Deutschen
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umerziehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kriegsgefangene sollten durch Zwangsarbeit umerzogen werden.
Was passierte, wenn man alle Linkshänder einfach umerzöge?
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.