Umleitung
German, noun/ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tʊŋ/
Umleitung is spelled U-M-L-E-I-T-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umleitung is a German feminine noun meaning “redirection, rerouting, detour, diversion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ausweichroute, über die der Verkehr geleitet wird, weil die eigentliche Strecke wegen eines Unfalls, einer…”.
What does Umleitung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineredirection, rerouting, detour, diversion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ausweichroute, über die der Verkehr geleitet wird, weil die eigentliche Strecke wegen eines Unfalls, einer Baustelle etc. nicht passierbar ist 2. das Vorgeben eines anderen Weges, Verlaufs eines Baches, Flusses, Kanals und so weiter
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Umleitung
- Umleitungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umleitung?
- /ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tʊŋ/
- [ˈʊmˌlaɪ̯tʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Umleitung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Umleitung in German?
Umleitung appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).