umgreifen
[ˈʊmˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“umgreifen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beim Zufassen mit der Hand (oder einem Gerät) eine andere Position einnehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umgreifen · umgreifen · German
umgreifen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umgreifen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umgreifen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umgreifen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "beim Zufassen mit der Hand (oder einem Gerät) eine andere Position einnehmen".
umgreifen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is umgreifen, spelled U-M-G-R-E-I-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1beim Zufassen mit der Hand (oder einem Gerät) eine andere Position einnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how umgreifen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er ist vor allem sinnvoll, wenn von D7 auf G umgegriffen werden muss.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.