umringen
[ʊmˈʁɪŋən]
The verdict
“umringen” 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 September 3, 2026) - (mit mehreren Personen) einen Kreis (Ring) um etwas herum bilden
Corpus desk
Index DE-umringen · umringen · German
umringen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | umringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umringen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umringen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈʁɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(mit mehreren Personen) einen Kreis (Ring) um etwas herum bilden".
umringen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 umringen, spelled U-M-R-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1(mit mehreren Personen) einen Kreis (Ring) um etwas herum bilden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umringen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Pause umringten die Mädchen den Gastgeber der Gala.
Die Hunde umringen die Tüte mit den Schlachtabfällen.
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.