umfließen
[ʊmˈfliːsn̩]
The verdict
“umfließen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - seinen Weg um etwas herum nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umflie-en · umfließen · German
umfließen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | umfließen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈfliːsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umfließen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umfließen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈfliːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for umfließen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is umfließen, spelled U-M-F-L-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1seinen Weg um etwas herum nehmen
- 2sich geschmeidig und leicht ( schemenhaft) um etwas herumbewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umfließen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Tiber umfließt die Insel mit ihren beiden Brücken.
„Die Sonnenstrahlen brachen durch das Gewölk, und der Schein brannte wie in Worten: 'ich umfloß dich mit glühendem Gold, aber du verstandest mich nicht; Glut ist meine Sprache, wenn sie die Liebe entzündet'.“ (1929)
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.