Umgangsform
German, noun/ˈʊmɡaŋsˌfɔʁm/
Umgangsform is spelled U-M-G-A-N-G-S-F-O-R-M (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umgangsform is a German feminine noun meaning “manners” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Art, sich in einer Gesellschaft anderen Menschen gegenüber zu verhalten”.
What does Umgangsform mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanners
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Art, sich in einer Gesellschaft anderen Menschen gegenüber zu verhalten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Umgangsform
- Umgangsformen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umgangsform?
- /ˈʊmɡaŋsˌfɔʁm/
- [ˈʊmɡaŋsˌfɔʁm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Umgangsform in German?
Umgangsform appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).