umschweben
[ʊmˈʃveːbn̩]
The verdict
“umschweben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas fliegend umgeben/umkreisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umschweben · umschweben · German
umschweben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | umschweben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈʃveːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umschweben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umschweben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈʃveːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas fliegend umgeben/umkreisen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for umschweben in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is umschweben, spelled U-M-S-C-H-W-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas fliegend umgeben/umkreisen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umschweben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Gleichwohl sah ich häufig kleine Fliegen und Mücken die Blüten umschweben, so daß wohl auch Bestäubung durch Insekten möglich ist.“
Die Tänzerin umschwebt den Gott des Weines.
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.