umlaufende

[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯fn̩də]

/[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯fn̩də]/ adj

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The verdict

“umlaufende” is uncommon German (frequency #69,802 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,802
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend

Corpus desk

Index DE-umlaufende · umlaufende · German

umlaufende · rank #69,802 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,802
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH tückisch

Nearest frequency peer: tückisch (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „umlaufende“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umlaufende“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umlaufende
PropertyValue
Headwordumlaufende
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯fn̩də]
Letters10
Frequency rank#69,802
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umlaufende“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).umlaufendefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „tückisch“ (#69,801), „Umweltbehörde“ (#69,803), „Täufers“ (#69,800). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umlaufende“ bei #69,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umlaufende is uncommon German at frequency #69,802 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯fn̩də]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umlaufende, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 umlaufende, spelled U-M-L-A-U-F-E-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umlaufende"?
"umlaufende" is spelled U-M-L-A-U-F-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯fn̩də].
What does "umlaufende" mean?
As an adjective, "umlaufende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs umlaufend
How do you pronounce "umlaufende"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umlaufende" is [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯fn̩də]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umlaufende" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "umlaufende", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unbefugten#69,805ungeliebte#69,811vermehrter#69,845verscharrt#69,848

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list