umzuschreiben

[ʊmt͡suˈʃʁaɪ̯bən]

/[ʊmt͡suˈʃʁaɪ̯bən]/ verb

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The verdict

“umzuschreiben” is uncommon German (frequency #96,401 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,401
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs umschreiben

Corpus desk

Index DE-umzuschreiben · umzuschreiben · German

umzuschreiben · rank #96,401 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,401
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH umständlichen

Nearest frequency peer: umständlichen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „umzuschreiben“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „umzuschreiben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for umzuschreiben
PropertyValue
Headwordumzuschreiben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ʊmt͡suˈʃʁaɪ̯bən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#96,401
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „umzuschreiben“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.umzuschreibenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „umständlichen“ (#96,400), „unbedeutendes“ (#96,402), „umgewidmet“ (#96,399). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „umzuschreiben“ bei #96,401. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

umzuschreiben is uncommon German at frequency #96,401 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ʊmt͡suˈʃʁaɪ̯bən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs umschreiben".

Zero misspellings are on record for umzuschreiben in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is umzuschreiben, spelled U-M-Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs umschreiben

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "umzuschreiben"?
"umzuschreiben" is spelled U-M-Z-U-S-C-H-R-E-I-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʊmt͡suˈʃʁaɪ̯bən].
What does "umzuschreiben" mean?
As a verb, "umzuschreiben" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs umschreiben
How do you pronounce "umzuschreiben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "umzuschreiben" is [ʊmt͡suˈʃʁaɪ̯bən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "umzuschreiben", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

umständlichen#96,400unbedeutendes#96,402umentschieden#96,397Tyrannosaurus#96,392

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list