umso
German, conjunction[ˈʊmzoː]
umso is spelled U-M-S-O (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umso is a German conjunction meaning “the (forming the parallel comparative with je)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Konjunktion, die einen Komparativ verstärkt”.
What does umso mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
the (forming the parallel comparative with je)
je früher, umso besser
- 2
all the more, so much (the)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. Konjunktion, die einen Komparativ verstärkt 2. zeigt an, dass sich etwas proportional zu etwas anderem verändert
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 umso
- um so obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umso?
- [ˈʊmzoː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umso in German?
umso appears 28 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).