called txDictionary > um (insep)s
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umarmtPreterite (written past): umarmtesee details >1.
- to embrace, to hug
- (Needs a direct object, so you can not just say "Wir umarmen." in German.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umfahrenPreterite (written past): umfuhrsee details >1.
- the drive around
- (In the sense of avoiding, not a tourist trip around a lake. The past is built with "haben" because this ALWAYS has a direct object (the thing you drive around).)
Opposite (closest): umfahren - Perfect (spoken past): hat umfangenPreterite (written past): umfingsee details >1.
- to surround, to envelop
- (VERY rare and barely ever idiomatic.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umfasstPreterite (written past): umfasste1.
- to grab around something
see details >2.- to include, to entail
- (Mostly in the sense of figurative contents)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umflogenPreterite (written past): umflogsee details >1.
- to fly around
- (In the sense of avoiding. Think of a plane flying around a storm.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umgebenPreterite (written past): umgabsee details >1.
- to surround
- (NOT in a beleaguering sense. Implies a steady surrounding, so not for a transitory, quick surrounding. Also commonly used in contexts of surrounding yourself with something - "sich+Acc umgeben mit".)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umgangenPreterite (written past): umgingsee details >1.
- to go around, to avoid
- (Primarily used for figurative blockades like problems or challenges. Very common. The spoken past is built with "haben"!)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umhülltPreterite (written past): umhülltesee details >1.
- to enwrap, to coat with
- ("umhüllen mit" - think of completely wrapping or coating. Like a marzipan egg, coated with chocolate or a demon shrouded in mist.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umlesenPreterite (written past): umlassee details >1.
- to read around
- (Technically, the word means that you read around something to avoid reading it. Like a paragraph for example. If you find a context for it, then great, but it's overall pretty rarely used.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umschriebenPreterite (written past): umschriebsee details >1.
- to paraphrase, to circumscribe
- (When you try to express or name something without saying it directly. )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umstiegenPreterite (written past): umstiegsee details >1.
- to climb around
- (Technically, this verb can express the idea of climbing around an obstacle, but in real life "umklettern" is probably people's first choice. )
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umstelltPreterite (written past): umstelltesee details >1.
- to surround
- (For police and armies. NOT for trees surrounding a lake. Unless it's SWAT trees of course who want to apprehend the lake.)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umwickeltPreterite (written past): umwickeltesee details >1.
- to wrap (with)
- ("umwickeln mit" - the result of this verb is pretty much the same as for "einwickeln". You'd use this one if you want to put focus on the idea of "around".)
- Perfect (spoken past): hat umzingeltPreterite (written past): umzingeltesee details >1.
- to surround
- (ONLY in the sense of surrounding in order to trap! Related to English "cinch" and "surcingle")
Here's a quick overview with translations. For family, examples and more check the details.
