umfliegen
[ʊmˈfliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“umfliegen” 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) - etwas in beständigen kreisförmigen Bewegungen im Flug umsäumen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umfliegen · umfliegen · German
umfliegen · 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 | umfliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈfliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umfliegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umfliegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈfliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for umfliegen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 umfliegen, spelled U-M-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in beständigen kreisförmigen Bewegungen im Flug umsäumen
- 2eine Sperre oder Blockade in bogenförmiger Bewegung im Flug umgehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umfliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Bienen umflogen zornig den räuberischen Bären.
Mit Geschick und Gelenkigkeit konnte der Pilot den plötzlich ins Sichtfeld geratenen Berg umfliegen.
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.