umständlich
German, adjective/ˈʊmˌʃtɛntlɪç/
umständlich is spelled U-M-S-T-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umständlich is a German adjective meaning “complicated, long-winded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kompliziert, umfangreicher als nötig”.
What does umständlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
complicated, long-winded
- 2
awkward; heavy-handed, cumbersome
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. kompliziert, umfangreicher als nötig
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 umständlich
- umständlicher masculine nominative singular
- am umständlichsten superlative
- umständliche feminine nominative singular
- umständliches neuter nominative singular
- umständlichen genitive masculine singular
- umständlichem dative masculine singular
- der umständliche definite includes-article masculine
- die umständliche definite feminine includes-article
- das umständliche definite includes-article neuter
- die umständlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des umständlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der umständlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem umständlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umständlich?
- /ˈʊmˌʃtɛntlɪç/
- [ˈʊmˌʃtɛntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umständlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umständlich in German?
umständlich appears 3.2 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).