Umzäunung
German, noun[ʊmˈt͡sɔɪ̯nʊŋ]
Umzäunung is spelled U-M-Z-Ä-U-N-U-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umzäunung is a German feminine noun meaning “enclosure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Handlung, etwas mit einem Zaun zu umgeben”.
What does Umzäunung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenclosure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Handlung, etwas mit einem Zaun zu umgeben 2. Ergebnis von [1]: Zaun, der etwas umgibt
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 Umzäunung
- Umzäunungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umzäunung?
- [ʊmˈt͡sɔɪ̯nʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Umzäunung in German?
Umzäunung appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).