umbauen
German, verb/ˈʊmˌbaʊ̯ən/
umbauen is spelled U-M-B-A-U-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umbauen is a German verb meaning “to convert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas baulich/technisch verändern”.
What does umbauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to convert
- 2
to rebuild, reconstruct
verb
- 1
to surround with buildings, walls, or other constructions
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas baulich/technisch verändern 2. etwas neu strukturieren, etwas neu organisieren
verb: 1. etwas mit einer Mauer oder einem Gebäude umgeben
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 umbauen
- baut um present singular third-person
- baute um past
- umgebaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umbauend participle present
- umzubauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- baue um first-person indicative present
- bauen um first-person indicative plural
- baust um indicative present second-person
- bauest um second-person singular subjunctive
- bauet um plural second-person subjunctive
- bauten um first-person indicative plural
- bautest um indicative preterite second-person
- bautet um indicative plural preterite
- baue um! imperative singular
- baut um! imperative plural
- umgebaut haben separable active infinitive
- umgebaut werden separable processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umbauen?
- /ˈʊmˌbaʊ̯ən/
- [ˈʔʊmˌbaʊ̯ən]
- [ʔʊmˈbaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umbauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umbauen in German?
umbauen appears 2.7 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).