umstülpen
[ˈʊmˌʃtʏlpn̩]
The verdict
“umstülpen” 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) - um eine waagrechte Achse um 180° drehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umstulpen · umstülpen · German
umstülpen · 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 | umstülpen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʊmˌʃtʏlpn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umstülpen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umstülpen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʊmˌʃtʏlpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for umstülpen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is umstülpen, spelled U-M-S-T-Ü-L-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1um eine waagrechte Achse um 180° drehen
- 2Innen- und Außenseite vertauschen
- 3die Ordnung grundlegend verändern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umstülpen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Um an den kleinen Rest heranzukommen, mußte er das Glas umstülpen und seinen Kopf in den Nacken werfen.“
„Wenn man das obere Lid umstülpen will, so lässt man den Kranken nach abwärts sehen, wobei sich das Lid über dem Bulbus ausbreitet und die Deckfalte verschwindet.“
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.