Umfassung
[ʊmˈfasʊŋ]
The verdict
“Umfassung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Umfassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umfassung · Umfassung · German
Umfassung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Umfassung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊmˈfasʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Umfassung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Umfassung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊmˈfasʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Umfassung has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Umfassung, spelled U-M-F-A-S-S-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1das Umfassen
- 2Umzäunung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Umfassung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir befinden uns in kompletter Umfassung.
Lass uns eine neue Umfassung bauen!
Synonyms
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.