umklammern
[ʊmˈklamɐn]
The verdict
“umklammern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden fest umfassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umklammern · umklammern · German
umklammern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | umklammern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈklamɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umklammern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umklammern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈklamɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas oder jemanden fest umfassen".
Zero misspellings are on record for umklammern in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is umklammern, spelled U-M-K-L-A-M-M-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden fest umfassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umklammern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Krampfhaft umklammerten die Flüchtlinge ihre Habseligkeiten und rannten zu den mit laufenden Motoren wartenden Flugzeugen.
Einen Augenblick bäumte sich der Mann mit erstaunlichen Kräften auf, aber die sechs Fäuste umklammerten ihn wie Schraubstöcke, unter deren Druck er schmerzhaft aufstöhnte.
Synonyms
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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.