umreißen
[ˈʊmˌʁaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“umreißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden mit Kraftanstrengung zu Fall bringen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umreißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʁaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “umreißen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
umreißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʁaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas oder jemanden mit Kraftanstrengung zu Fall bringen".
umreißen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 umreißen, spelled U-M-R-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden mit Kraftanstrengung zu Fall bringen
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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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Using “umreißen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-M-R-E-I-S-S-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈʊmˌʁaɪ̯sn̩] (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
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.