ums
German, contraction/ʊms/
ums is spelled U-M-S (3 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ums is a German contraction meaning “contraction of um + das” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ums mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of um + das
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Zusammenfluss von Präposition und bestimmten Artikel (Akkusativ Neutrum): um das
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ums?
- /ʊms/
- [ʊms]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ums in German?
ums appears 35 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).