umschiffen
[ˈʊmˌʃɪfn̩]
The verdict
“umschiffen” is uncommon German (frequency #89,703 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,703
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Güter oder Personen umladen/umlasten/umsteigen lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umschiffen · umschiffen · German
umschiffen · rank #89,703 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,703
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH unangefochtene
Nearest frequency peer: unangefochtene (+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 „umschiffen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- umgetauft
umgetauft
10,301 corpus weight
- Umnachtung
Umnachtung
10,300 corpus weight
- umschiffen
umschiffen
10,298 corpus weight
- unangefocht…
unangefochtene
10,297 corpus weight
- unansehnlich
unansehnlich
10,296 corpus weight
- unbedarfte
unbedarfte
10,295 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umschiffen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umschiffen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʃɪfn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,703 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umschiffen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umschiffen is uncommon German at frequency #89,703 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʃɪfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Güter oder Personen umladen/umlasten/umsteigen lassen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for umschiffen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is umschiffen, spelled U-M-S-C-H-I-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Güter oder Personen umladen/umlasten/umsteigen lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how umschiffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der ausgeführte Tabak ist meist für Bremen, Antwerpen und Marseille bestimmt. Welche Mengen nach den einzelnen Plätzen abgesandt werden, läßt sich nicht ermitteln, da der Tabak nach Buenos Aires verladen und dort umgeschifft wird.“
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.
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