umgekehrt
German, adjective[ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯t]
umgekehrt is spelled U-M-G-E-K-E-H-R-T (9 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umgekehrt is a German adjective meaning “reverse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of umkehren. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(unerwartet) das Gegenteil bildend”.
What does umgekehrt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
reverse
adverb
- 1
the other way round, the other way around
verb
- 1
past participle of umkehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. (unerwartet) das Gegenteil bildend
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 umgekehrt
- umgekehrter masculine nominative singular
- umgekehrte feminine nominative singular
- umgekehrtes neuter nominative singular
- umgekehrten genitive masculine singular
- umgekehrtem dative masculine singular
- der umgekehrte definite includes-article masculine
- die umgekehrte definite feminine includes-article
- das umgekehrte definite includes-article neuter
- die umgekehrten definite includes-article nominative
- des umgekehrten definite genitive includes-article
- der umgekehrten definite feminine genitive
- dem umgekehrten dative definite includes-article
- den umgekehrten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umgekehrt?
- [ˈʊmɡəˌkeːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umgekehrt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umgekehrt in German?
umgekehrt appears 23 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).