umspannen
[ʊmˈʃpanən]
The verdict
“umspannen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mit den Händen oder Armen umfassen, umschließen, umarmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umspannen · umspannen · German
umspannen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | umspannen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈʃpanən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umspannen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umspannen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈʃpanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umspannen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 umspannen, spelled U-M-S-P-A-N-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mit den Händen oder Armen umfassen, umschließen, umarmen
- 2umfassen, einschließen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umspannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Seine Arme umspannten den Baum kaum.
Seine Diplomarbeit in Geschichte umspannte das ganze Mittelalter.
This word in other languages
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.