umfangen
[ʊmˈfaŋən]
The verdict
“umfangen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder jemandes Körperteile mit seinen Armen oder Händen umfassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umfangen · umfangen · German
umfangen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | umfangen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈfaŋən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umfangen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umfangen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈfaŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for umfangen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is umfangen, spelled U-M-F-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder jemandes Körperteile mit seinen Armen oder Händen umfassen
- 2etwas hüllt jemanden ein
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umfangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nun traf es sich, daß jener liebe väterliche Freund uns beide Brüder eines Abends in froher Laune gemeinschaftlich umfing, versichernd, einer von uns müsse sein Schwiegersohn werden, er habe es auch dem Fräulein schon gesagt, und sie sei einverstanden.
»Katharina,« rief er, indem er sie mit den Armen umfing und fest an sich drückte, »hast du mich lieb?«
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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.