umkippen

/[ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,347

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

umkippen is aGermanverb. It means: aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht verlieren und umstürzen Pronounced [ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩].

Key facts for umkippen
PropertyValue
Headwordumkippen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#46,347
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of umkippen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for umkippen is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #46,347 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for umkippen, with forms such as "mukippen", "ukmippen", and "umikppen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is umkippen, spelled U-M-K-I-P-P-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht verlieren und umstürzen
  2. 2
    bewusstlos werden
  3. 3
    durch zu hohen Nährstoffgehalt für Pflanzen und Tiere nicht mehr als Lebensraum geeignet werden
  4. 4
    plötzlich ins Gegenteil verkehren
  5. 5
    seine Meinung (auf Druck von anderen hin) unerwartet ändern
  6. 6
    etwas zu Fall bringen; bewirken, dass etwas umfällt (im Sinne von [1])

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mukippen,ukmippen,umikppen,umkipen,umkipepn,umkippenn,umkippne,umkkippen,umkpipen,ummkippen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for umkippen

Misspelling Variants of "umkippen"

mukippen8ukmippen8umikppen8umkipen7umkipepn8umkippenn9umkippne8umkkippen9
Misspelling Variants of "umkippen"

Frequency rank: #46,347 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umkippen"?
"umkippen" is spelled U-M-K-I-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩].
What does "umkippen" mean?
As a verb, "umkippen" means: aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht verlieren und umstürzen
What are common misspellings of "umkippen"?
Common misspellings include "mukippen", "ukmippen", "umikppen", "umkipen", "umkipepn". The correct spelling is "umkippen".
How do you pronounce "umkippen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umkippen" is [ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umkippen" come from?
"umkippen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.