Umlenkrolle
[ˈʊmlɛŋkˌʁɔlə]
The verdict
“Umlenkrolle” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rolle, mit der die Richtung der Kraft verändert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-umlenkrolle · Umlenkrolle · German
Umlenkrolle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Umlenkrolle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʊmlɛŋkˌʁɔlə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Umlenkrolle” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Umlenkrolle is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʊmlɛŋkˌʁɔlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rolle, mit der die Richtung der Kraft verändert wird".
Umlenkrolle doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Umlenkrolle, spelled U-M-L-E-N-K-R-O-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Rolle, mit der die Richtung der Kraft verändert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Umlenkrolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Angeblich bestimmte James Watt die Leistung eines Pferdes in einem Kohlebergwerk, wo die Tiere in einem fort über eine Umlenkrolle Kohle aus der Tiefe an die Oberfläche zogen.“
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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.
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