umlügen
[ˈʊmˌlyːɡn̩]
The verdict
“umlügen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer erlogenen, unwahrhaftigen Weise auslegen, (einer Sache) eine erlogene, unwahrhaftige Deutung geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-umlugen · umlügen · German
umlügen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | umlügen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌlyːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umlügen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umlügen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌlyːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einer erlogenen, unwahrhaftigen Weise auslegen, (einer Sache) eine erlogene, unwahrhaftige Deutung geben".
umlügen 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, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is umlügen, spelled U-M-L-Ü-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1in einer erlogenen, unwahrhaftigen Weise auslegen, (einer Sache) eine erlogene, unwahrhaftige Deutung geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umlügen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Selbstgefälliger kann man eine Not nicht zur Tugend umlügen.“
„Die Malerin Anna Galactia soll den Sieg über die Türken mit einem Monumentalgemälde zur abendländisch-humanen Großtat umlügen.“
This word in other languages
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.