umschwenken
[ˈʊmˌʃvɛŋkn̩]
The verdict
“umschwenken” is uncommon German (frequency #97,856 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,856
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seine Richtung ändern
Corpus desk
Index DE-umschwenken · umschwenken · German
umschwenken · rank #97,856 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,856
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH umgebildet
Nearest frequency peer: umgebildet (-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 „umschwenken“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ukrainisches
ukrainisches
2,148 corpus weight
- umfunktioni…
umfunktionieren
2,147 corpus weight
- umgebildet
umgebildet
2,146 corpus weight
- umschwenken
umschwenken
2,145 corpus weight
- umweltschon…
umweltschonend
2,144 corpus weight
- umzäunt
umzäunt
2,143 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umschwenken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | umschwenken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʃvɛŋkn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umschwenken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umschwenken is uncommon German at frequency #97,856 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʃvɛŋkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for umschwenken, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is umschwenken, spelled U-M-S-C-H-W-E-N-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1seine Richtung ändern
- 2seine Meinung, sein Verhalten ändern und nun Anders (das Gegenteil, zuvor Abgelehnte) vertreten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umschwenken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Wind war wieder umgeschwenkt, und deshalb wurde keine Asche über die Stadt getrieben.“
„Das Wetter hat umgeschwenkt und die Scheibenwischer haben Probleme, mit dem Regen fertig zu werden.“
Antonyms
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.
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