umzingeln
[ʊmˈt͡sɪŋl̩n]
The verdict
“umzingeln” 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) - von allen Seiten einkreisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-umzingeln · umzingeln · German
umzingeln · 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 | umzingeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ʊmˈt͡sɪŋl̩n] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „umzingeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
umzingeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmˈt͡sɪŋl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for umzingeln, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is umzingeln, spelled U-M-Z-I-N-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1von allen Seiten einkreisen
- 2(mit mehreren Leuten) um etwas herumstehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umzingeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Nach einiger Zeit kam der junge Nasarko in den Hof und erklärte den Zurückgebliebenen, daß es keine Möglichkeit gäbe, das Dorf zu verlassen, da die ganze Umgebung von Polizisten umzingelt sei.“
„Die schwimmenden Festungen Mark Antons werden gleich von mehreren feindlichen Quinqueremen umzingelt.“
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.