umpflügen
[ˈʊmˌp͡flyːɡn̩]
The verdict
“umpflügen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit einem Gerät, dem Pflug, den Boden (Acker) umackern/umwenden
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Index DE-umpflugen · umpflügen · German
umpflügen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | umpflügen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌp͡flyːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umpflügen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umpflügen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌp͡flyːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit einem Gerät, dem Pflug, den Boden (Acker) umackern/umwenden".
No misspelling variants are generated for umpflügen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is umpflügen, spelled U-M-P-F-L-Ü-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit einem Gerät, dem Pflug, den Boden (Acker) umackern/umwenden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umpflügen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es ist an der Zeit, das Brachland umzupflügen.
„Das war nicht immer leicht, doch er machte es wie einst, als er das erste Ackerland umpflügte: er preßte die Lippen zusammen, daß man nur einen Schnitt sah, und begann von neuem.“
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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.