umgehe

[ʊmˈɡeːə]

/[ʊmˈɡeːə]/ verb

The verdict

“umgehe” is uncommon German (frequency #57,488 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,488
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umgehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-umgehe · umgehe · German

umgehe · rank #57,488 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,488
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umgeschaltet

Nearest frequency peer: umgeschaltet (+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 „umgehe“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umgehe
PropertyValue
Headwordumgehe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʊmˈɡeːə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,488
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umgehe“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).umgehefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umgeschaltet“ (#57,489), „umfangreichere“ (#57,486), „UMP“ (#57,490). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umgehe“ bei #57,488. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umgehe is uncommon German at frequency #57,488 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈɡeːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

umgehe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is umgehe, spelled U-M-G-E-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umgehen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umgehen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umgehen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umgehen

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 "umgehe"?
"umgehe" is spelled U-M-G-E-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊmˈɡeːə].
What does "umgehe" mean?
As a verb, "umgehe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs umgehen
How do you pronounce "umgehe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umgehe" is [ʊmˈɡeːə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umgehe" come from?
"umgehe" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list