umkippen
[ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩]
The verdict
“umkippen” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #46,347 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #46,347
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht verlieren und umstürzen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umkippen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,347 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umkippen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for umkippen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, 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 generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for umkippen, with forms such as "mukippen", "ukmippen", and "umikppen". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is umkippen, spelled U-M-K-I-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus einer aufrechten Position plötzlich in eine liegende geraten, meist über eine Kante; das Gleichgewicht verlieren und umstürzen
- 2bewusstlos werden
- 3durch zu hohen Nährstoffgehalt für Pflanzen und Tiere nicht mehr als Lebensraum geeignet werden
- 4plötzlich ins Gegenteil verkehren
- 5seine Meinung (auf Druck von anderen hin) unerwartet ändern
- 6etwas 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of umkippen - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “umkippen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-M-K-I-P-P-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊmˌkɪpn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.