umdrehen
\ˈʊmˌdʁeːən\
The verdict
“umdrehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (transitif) Tourner, retourner quelqu'un ou quelque chose.
Corpus desk
Index FR-umdrehen · umdrehen · French
umdrehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | umdrehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʊmˌdʁeːən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
umdrehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʊmˌdʁeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for umdrehen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is umdrehen, spelled U-M-D-R-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(transitif) Tourner, retourner quelqu'un ou quelque chose.
- 2(intransitif) Faire demi-tour.
- 3(transitif) Renverser (un match).
- 4(réfléchi) Se tourner, se retourner en direction de quelqu'un ou de quelque chose, surtout en arrière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umdrehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um die Rückseite des Bildes sehen zu können, musst du es umdrehen.
Das GPS sagte: „Drehen Sie wenn möglich um.“
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.