Umstellung
German, noun[ˈʊmˌʃtɛlʊŋ]
Umstellung is spelled U-M-S-T-E-L-L-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umstellung is a German feminine noun meaning “conversion, migration, changeover, switch, cutover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Veränderung/Anpassung an neue Verhältnisse oder Erfordernisse”.
What does Umstellung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineconversion, migration, changeover, switch, cutover
- 2
femininereorganization, reorientation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Veränderung/Anpassung an neue Verhältnisse oder Erfordernisse
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 Umstellung
- Umstellungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umstellung?
- [ˈʊmˌʃtɛlʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Umstellung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Umstellung in German?
Umstellung appears 9.3 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).