umrüsten

[ˈʊmˌʁʏstn̩]

/[ˈʊmˌʁʏstn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“umrüsten” is uncommon German (frequency #71,946 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,946
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Maschine/Anlage so einrichten, dass es den (geänderten, neuen) Anforderungen genügt

Corpus desk

Index DE-umrusten · umrüsten · German

umrüsten · rank #71,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,946
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umrunden

Nearest frequency peer: umrunden (-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 „umrüsten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umrüsten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umrüsten
PropertyValue
Headwordumrüsten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʊmˌʁʏstn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,946
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umrüsten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).umrüstenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umrunden“ (#71,945), „umweltbewusst“ (#71,947), „Ulreich“ (#71,944). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umrüsten“ bei #71,946. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umrüsten is uncommon German at frequency #71,946 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʁʏstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Maschine/Anlage so einrichten, dass es den (geänderten, neuen) Anforderungen genügt".

No generated misspelling entries exist for umrüsten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is umrüsten, spelled U-M-R-Ü-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Maschine/Anlage so einrichten, dass es den (geänderten, neuen) Anforderungen genügt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how umrüsten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Heute nachmittag wird die Produktionsanlage von 500 ml Shampoo auf 250 ml Flaschen umgerüstet.
  2. „Rußland hat also die Möglichkeit, die Silos der schweren ballistischen Interkontinentalraketen für Raketen mit einem Sprengkopf umzurüsten.“

Antonyms

belassen

This word in other languages

adapt(English)

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 "umrüsten"?
"umrüsten" is spelled U-M-R-Ü-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʊmˌʁʏstn̩].
What does "umrüsten" mean?
As a verb, "umrüsten" means: eine Maschine/Anlage so einrichten, dass es den (geänderten, neuen) Anforderungen genügt
How do you pronounce "umrüsten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umrüsten" is [ˈʊmˌʁʏstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umrüsten" come from?
"umrüsten" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "umrüsten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

umrunden#71,945unnahbar#71,961untenrum#71,964Tortilla#71,923

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list