umgehen
\ʊmˈɡeːən\
The verdict
“umgehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (intransitif) Traiter, gérer (+ mit).
Corpus desk
Index FR-umgehen · umgehen · French
umgehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | umgehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʊmˈɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
umgehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʊmˈɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
umgehen has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is umgehen, spelled U-M-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1(intransitif) Traiter, gérer (+ mit).
- 2Circuler, avancer, progresser.
- 3Hanter, revenir de l’autre monde, en parlant des esprits.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how umgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Natürlich hat jeder Pädagoge die Pflicht sensibel mit diesem Thema umzugehen. — (Silvana Lehmann, Darüber spricht man nicht!? Sexualerziehung an Schulen, page 59, 2007)
Und der Druck, mit Ressourcen schonender umzugehen, sie nicht einfach in die Tonne zu schmeißen, ist schon enorm wegen der Erderhitzung.
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.