Umfang
German, noun
Umfang is spelled U-M-F-A-N-G (6 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,188th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umfang is a German masculine noun meaning “perimeter, circumference” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, umfang is a different word: “singular imperative of umfangen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Länge des Randes einer Fläche”.
What does Umfang mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperimeter, circumference
- 2
masculineextent, scale, reach, scope, range
in vollem Umfang
verb
- 1
singular imperative of umfangen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Länge des Randes einer Fläche 2. das Ausmaß 3. das Umfasste
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Umfang
- Umfanges genitive
- Umfangs genitive
- Umfänge plural
- Umfange dative singular
- Umfängen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Umfang
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Umfang in German?
Umfang appears 26 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).