umflattern
[ʊmˈflatɐn]
The verdict
“umflattern” 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) - etwas fliegend umkreisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umflattern · umflattern · German
umflattern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | umflattern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈflatɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umflattern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umflattern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈflatɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
umflattern has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is umflattern, spelled U-M-F-L-A-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas fliegend umkreisen
- 2etwas fliegend/flatternd/sich bewegend umkreisen/umgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umflattern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wer im Palmenhaus Rast macht, wird von Schmetterlingen umflattert.
„Die Figur war sehr schön, leicht schwebend, der Leib nackend und nur der untere Teil von einem schönen Gewande umflattert.“
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.