Umlaute

[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tə]

/[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Umlaute” is uncommon German (frequency #67,804 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,804
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Umlaut

Corpus desk

Index DE-umlaute · Umlaute · German

Umlaute · rank #67,804 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,804
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umgehende

Nearest frequency peer: umgehende (-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 „Umlaute“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Umlaute
PropertyValue
HeadwordUmlaute
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,804
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Umlaute“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Umlautefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umgehende“ (#67,803), „unbefleckten“ (#67,805), „unbemannte“ (#67,806). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Umlaute“ bei #67,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Umlaute is uncommon German at frequency #67,804 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Umlaute in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Umlaute, spelled U-M-L-A-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Umlaut
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Umlaut
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Umlaut

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 "Umlaute"?
"Umlaute" is spelled U-M-L-A-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tə].
What does "Umlaute" mean?
As a noun, "Umlaute" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Umlaut
How do you pronounce "Umlaute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Umlaute" is [ˈʊmˌlaʊ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Umlaute" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tropfte#67,797taumeln#67,769sweater#67,759stemmte#67,738

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list