umdeuten
German, verb
umdeuten is spelled U-M-D-E-U-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umdeuten is a German verb meaning “to reinterpret; to give a new meaning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umdeuten is a different word: “gerund of umdeuten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine bestehende Einschätzung/Bewertung/Deutung verwerfen und zu einer neuen kommen”.
What does umdeuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reinterpret; to give a new meaning
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umdeuten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine bestehende Einschätzung/Bewertung/Deutung verwerfen und zu einer neuen kommen
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 umdeuten
- deutet um present singular third-person
- deutete um past
- umgedeutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umdeutend participle present
- umzudeuten infinitive infinitive-zu
- deute um first-person indicative present
- deuten um first-person indicative plural
- deutest um indicative present second-person
- deuteten um first-person indicative plural
- deutetest um indicative preterite second-person
- deutetet um indicative plural preterite
- deut um! imperative singular
- deute um! imperative singular
- deutet um! imperative plural
- umgedeutet haben active infinitive perfect
- umgedeutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- umgedeutet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umdeuten in German?
umdeuten 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).