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umsichtig

German, adjective/ˈʊmˌzɪçtɪç/

umsichtig is spelled U-M-S-I-C-H-T-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umsichtig is a German adjective meaning “circumspect, prudent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorausschauend, überlegt, mit Bedacht handelnd”.

What does umsichtig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    circumspect, prudent

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. vorausschauend, überlegt, mit Bedacht handelnd

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of umsichtig

  • umsichtiger masculine nominative singular
  • am umsichtigsten superlative
  • umsichtige feminine nominative singular
  • umsichtiges neuter nominative singular
  • umsichtigen genitive masculine singular
  • umsichtigem dative masculine singular
  • der umsichtige definite includes-article masculine
  • die umsichtige definite feminine includes-article
  • das umsichtige definite includes-article neuter
  • die umsichtigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des umsichtigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der umsichtigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem umsichtigen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce umsichtig?

  • /ˈʊmˌzɪçtɪç/
  • /ˈʊmˌzɪçtɪk/
  • [ˈʊmˌzɪçtɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to umsichtig

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is umsichtig in German?

umsichtig 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).

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