umformen

[ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]

/[ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]/ verb

The verdict

“umformen” is uncommon German (frequency #81,054 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,054
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einer Sache ein anderes dreidimensionales Aussehen geben, eine andere qualitative Form geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-umformen · umformen · German

umformen · rank #81,054 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,054
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ulme

Nearest frequency peer: Ulme (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „umformen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umformen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umformen
PropertyValue
Headwordumformen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,054
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umformen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).umformenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ulme“ (#81,053), „umsatzstärksten“ (#81,056), „umtreibt“ (#81,057). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umformen“ bei #81,054. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umformen is uncommon German at frequency #81,054 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    einer Sache ein anderes dreidimensionales Aussehen geben, eine andere qualitative Form geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how umformen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Du solltest den Brotlaib noch einmal umformen, der ist viel zu flach geworden.
  2. Wenn man die linke Seite der Gleichung umformt, bleibt der Wert erhalten.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umformen"?
"umformen" is spelled U-M-F-O-R-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən].
What does "umformen" mean?
As a verb, "umformen" means: einer Sache ein anderes dreidimensionales Aussehen geben, eine andere qualitative Form geben
How do you pronounce "umformen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umformen" is [ˈʊmˌfɔʁmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umformen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "umformen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list