umschlungen

[ʊmˈʃlʊŋən]

/[ʊmˈʃlʊŋən]/ verb

The verdict

“umschlungen” is uncommon German (frequency #70,911 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,911
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschlingen

Corpus desk

Index DE-umschlungen · umschlungen · German

umschlungen · rank #70,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,911
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umzulegen

Nearest frequency peer: umzulegen (+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 „umschlungen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umschlungen
PropertyValue
Headwordumschlungen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʊmˈʃlʊŋən]
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umschlungen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umzulegen“ (#70,912), „Umkleiden“ (#70,909), „unausstehlich“ (#70,913). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umschlungen“ bei #70,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umschlungen is uncommon German at frequency #70,911 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈʃlʊŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschlingen".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for umschlungen, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored 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 umschlungen, spelled U-M-S-C-H-L-U-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschlingen

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 "umschlungen"?
"umschlungen" is spelled U-M-S-C-H-L-U-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊmˈʃlʊŋən].
What does "umschlungen" mean?
As a verb, "umschlungen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs umschlingen
How do you pronounce "umschlungen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umschlungen" is [ʊmˈʃlʊŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "umschlungen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list