umformen
[ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]
The verdict
“umformen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #81,054 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #81,054
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einer Sache ein anderes dreidimensionales Aussehen geben, eine andere qualitative Form geben
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umformen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,054 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umformen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for umformen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,054 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "einer Sache ein anderes dreidimensionales Aussehen geben, eine andere qualitative Form geben".
umformen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 umformen, spelled U-M-F-O-R-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1einer Sache ein anderes dreidimensionales Aussehen geben, eine andere qualitative Form geben
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “umformen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-M-F-O-R-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.