Umbau
German, noun
Umbau is spelled U-M-B-A-U (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,979th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umbau is a German masculine noun meaning “rebuilding, reconstruction, renovation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, umbau is a different word: “singular imperative of umbauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “größere Veränderung eines bestehenden Gebäudes, seltener eines Fahrzeugs”.
What does Umbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerebuilding, reconstruction, renovation
verb
- 1
singular imperative of umbauen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of umbauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größere Veränderung eines bestehenden Gebäudes, seltener eines Fahrzeugs 2. das Ergebnis der baulichen Veränderung 3. Veränderungen von organisatorischen Strukturen 4. Verkleidung, Umhüllung eines Möbelstücks, eines Bauwerkes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Umbau
- Umbaues genitive
- Umbaus genitive
- Umbauten plural
- Umbaue plural
- Umbauen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Umbau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Umbau in German?
Umbau appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).