umschweifig
[ˈʊmˌʃvaɪ̯fɪç]
The verdict
“umschweifig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - nicht zum Punkt kommend; Themen daneben berührend; sich in Nebensächlichkeiten verlierend
Corpus desk
Index DE-umschweifig · umschweifig · German
umschweifig · 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 | umschweifig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʃvaɪ̯fɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umschweifig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umschweifig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʃvaɪ̯fɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht zum Punkt kommend; Themen daneben berührend; sich in Nebensächlichkeiten verlierend".
umschweifig has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 umschweifig, spelled U-M-S-C-H-W-E-I-F-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht zum Punkt kommend; Themen daneben berührend; sich in Nebensächlichkeiten verlierend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how umschweifig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich brauche keine umschweifigen Erklärungen. Sag einfach, ist es wahr oder nicht?
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.