umschmeißen
[ˈʊmˌʃmaɪ̯sn̩]
The verdict
“umschmeißen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas (seltener jemanden) mit Wucht zu Fall bringen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umschmei-en · umschmeißen · German
umschmeißen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | umschmeißen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʃmaɪ̯sn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umschmeißen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umschmeißen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʃmaɪ̯sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umschmeißen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is umschmeißen, spelled U-M-S-C-H-M-E-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas (seltener jemanden) mit Wucht zu Fall bringen
- 2die innere Stabilität zerstören
- 3Vorstellungen/Pläne aufgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umschmeißen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorsicht! Nicht die Flaschen umschmeißen!
Einen Kerl wie den schmeißt doch nichts so schnell um.
Antonyms
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.