umkippen
German, verb
umkippen is spelled U-M-K-I-P-P-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,845th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umkippen is a German verb meaning “to topple, to topple over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umkippen is a different word: “gerund of umkippen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht…”.
What does umkippen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to topple, to topple over
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umkippen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht verlieren und umstürzen 2. bewusstlos werden 3. durch zu hohen Nährstoffgehalt für Pflanzen und Tiere nicht mehr als Lebensraum geeignet werden 4. plötzlich ins Gegenteil verkehren
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 umkippen
- kippt um present singular third-person
- kippte um past
- umgekippt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- umkippend participle present
- umzukippen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kippe um first-person indicative present
- kippen um first-person indicative plural
- kippst um indicative present second-person
- kippest um second-person singular subjunctive
- kippet um plural second-person subjunctive
- kippten um first-person indicative plural
- kipptest um indicative preterite second-person
- kipptet um indicative plural preterite
- kipp um! imperative singular
- kippe um! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umkippen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umkippen in German?
umkippen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).