Umgebung
\ʊmˈɡeːbʊŋ\
The verdict
“Umgebung” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Entourage, environs, alentours.
Corpus desk
Index FR-umgebung · Umgebung · French
Umgebung · 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 | Umgebung |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ʊmˈɡeːbʊŋ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Umgebung » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Umgebung is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʊmˈɡeːbʊŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entourage, environs, alentours.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Umgebung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 Umgebung, spelled U-M-G-E-B-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Entourage, environs, alentours.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Umgebung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Extremophile sind Organismen, die sich extremen Bedingungen angepasst haben und so in eigentlich lebensfeindlichen Umgebungen überleben können. In enormer Hitze oder extremer Kälte. In völliger Dunkelheit. In verstrahlter Umgebung. In Säure.
Am Anfang stand eine kurze Vorführung durch einen Angestellten der Einrichtung, dadurch sollte der vulkanische Charakter der Umgebung erlebbar werden. In eine Spalte im Erdreich wurden Koteletts eingeführt; als man sie rauszog, waren sie gegrillt. Begeisterte Rufe, Applaus.
Synonyms
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.