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umfassend

German, adjective[ʊmˈfasn̩t]

umfassend is spelled U-M-F-A-S-S-E-N-D (9 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umfassend is a German adjective meaning “comprehensive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of umfassen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “viele, beinahe alle Teilgebiete betreffend”.

What does umfassend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    comprehensive

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of umfassen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. viele, beinahe alle Teilgebiete betreffend

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 umfassend

  • umfassender masculine nominative singular
  • am umfassendsten superlative
  • umfassende feminine nominative singular
  • umfassendes neuter nominative singular
  • umfassenden genitive masculine singular
  • umfassendem dative masculine singular
  • der umfassende definite includes-article masculine
  • die umfassende definite feminine includes-article
  • das umfassende definite includes-article neuter
  • die umfassenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des umfassenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der umfassenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem umfassenden dative definite includes-article
  • umf. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce umfassend?

  • [ʊmˈfasn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to umfassend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is umfassend in German?

umfassend appears 8.3 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).

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