Umhüllung
[ʊmˈhʏlʊŋ]
The verdict
“Umhüllung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - eine Hülle, die etwas umgibt
Corpus desk
Index DE-umhullung · Umhüllung · German
Umhüllung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Umhüllung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊmˈhʏlʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Umhüllung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Umhüllung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊmˈhʏlʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Umhüllung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Umhüllung, spelled U-M-H-Ü-L-L-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1eine Hülle, die etwas umgibt
- 2der Vorgang, in und mit dem etwas umhüllt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Umhüllung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als Panade (korrekt: Panierung) bezeichnet man umgangssprachlich verschiedene Umhüllungen für Fisch, Fleisch, Geflügel, Gemüse, Obst und Wurst, die in heißem Speisefett oder Speiseöl gebraten oder frittiert werden.“
„Umhüllung des Mumienkörpers: […] Die Bandagen wurden mit Harz zusammengeklebt. Zum Abschluss konnten auch noch großformatige Leichentücher mit daraufgemalten Gottheiten zur Umhüllung verwendet werden.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.