umblättern
German, verb
umblättern is spelled U-M-B-L-Ä-T-T-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umblättern is a German verb meaning “to flip (e.g. pages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umblättern is a different word: “gerund of umblättern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Seite (in einem Buch) umschlagen”.
What does umblättern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flip (e.g. pages)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umblättern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Seite (in einem Buch) umschlagen
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 umblättern
- blättert um present singular third-person
- blätterte um past
- umgeblättert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umblätternd participle present
- umzublättern infinitive infinitive-zu
- blättre um first-person indicative present
- blättere um first-person indicative present
- blätter um first-person indicative present
- blättern um first-person indicative plural
- blätterst um indicative present second-person
- blätterest um second-person singular subjunctive
- blättrest um second-person singular subjunctive
- blätteret um plural second-person subjunctive
- blättret um plural second-person subjunctive
- blätterten um first-person indicative plural
- blättertest um indicative preterite second-person
- blättertet um indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umblättern in German?
umblättern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).