umklappen
[ˈʊmˌklapn̩]
The verdict
“umklappen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - etwas (um Scharniere herum) drehen, so dass die andere Seite sichtbar wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-umklappen · umklappen · German
umklappen · 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 | umklappen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌklapn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umklappen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umklappen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌklapn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umklappen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is umklappen, spelled U-M-K-L-A-P-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas (um Scharniere herum) drehen, so dass die andere Seite sichtbar wird
- 2umfallen, weil man ohnmächtig wird, einen Schwächeanfall hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umklappen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bevor du da hinten alles aus den Angeln gerissen hast, solltest du vielleicht mal versuchen, die Rückbank einfach umzuklappen!““
„Unter der Umklappung eines Punkts mit einer durch ihn gehenden Ebene versteht man die Lage, welche der Punkt einnimmt, nachdem diese Ebene umgeklappt worden ist.“
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.