Umnachtung
[ʊmˈnaxtʊŋ]
The verdict
“Umnachtung” is uncommon German (frequency #89,701 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,701
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verlust kognitiver Fähigkeiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-umnachtung · Umnachtung · German
Umnachtung · rank #89,701 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,701
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umgetauft
Nearest frequency peer: umgetauft (-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 „Umnachtung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- umbuchen
umbuchen
10,303 corpus weight
- Umfragewert…
Umfragewerten
10,302 corpus weight
- umgetauft
umgetauft
10,301 corpus weight
- Umnachtung
Umnachtung
10,300 corpus weight
- umschiffen
umschiffen
10,298 corpus weight
- unangefocht…
unangefochtene
10,297 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Umnachtung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Umnachtung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʊmˈnaxtʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Umnachtung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Umnachtung is uncommon German at frequency #89,701 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʊmˈnaxtʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verlust kognitiver Fähigkeiten".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Umnachtung, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Umnachtung, spelled U-M-N-A-C-H-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Verlust kognitiver Fähigkeiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Umnachtung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für den einst als gerade mal 19-Jähriger, fast Verhungerter aus dem Krieg heimgekehrten Vater gäbe es nur die Gnade der völligen Umnachtung, das, was die Gläubigen mit dem Wort "Himmelreich" benennen.
„Von ihrer später ausbrechenden psychischen Erkrankung und der geistigen Umnachtung, die ihre letzten Lebensjahre bestimmen würde, ist noch nichts zu ahnen.“
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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.
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