umschrieben
German, verb[ʊmˈʃʁiːbn̩]
umschrieben is spelled U-M-S-C-H-R-I-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umschrieben is a German verb meaning “past participle of umschreiben” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does umschrieben mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of umschreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in seinem Auftreten/Geltungsbereich oder seiner Ausprägung (genau) definiert, mit beschriebenen Grenzen versehen
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 umschrieben?
- [ʊmˈʃʁiːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is umschrieben in German?
umschrieben appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).