umrahmen

[ˈʊmˌʁaːmən]

/[ˈʊmˌʁaːmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“umrahmen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,170 among 30,279 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,170
frequency rank, German
30,279
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine neue, andere Einfassung (Rahmen) für ein Bild/Gemälde/Foto herstellen

Key facts for umrahmen
PropertyValue
Headwordumrahmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmˌʁaːmən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,170
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “umrahmen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). umrahmen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umrahmen is uncommon German at frequency #87,170 among 30,279 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʁaːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine neue, andere Einfassung (Rahmen) für ein Bild/Gemälde/Foto herstellen".

umrahmen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is umrahmen, spelled U-M-R-A-H-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine neue, andere Einfassung (Rahmen) für ein Bild/Gemälde/Foto herstellen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umrahmen"?
"umrahmen" is spelled U-M-R-A-H-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌʁaːmən].
What does "umrahmen" mean?
As a verb, "umrahmen" means: eine neue, andere Einfassung (Rahmen) für ein Bild/Gemälde/Foto herstellen
How do you pronounce "umrahmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umrahmen" is [ˈʊmˌʁaːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umrahmen" come from?
"umrahmen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “umrahmen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is U-M-R-A-H-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈʊmˌʁaːmən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list