umdrehen
German, verb
umdrehen is spelled U-M-D-R-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umdrehen is a German verb meaning “to twist, to turn, to turn around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umdrehen is a different word: “gerund of umdrehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas im Bogen von einer Seite auf die andere Seite bewegen”.
What does umdrehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to twist, to turn, to turn around
- 2
to turn one's head and look back
- 3
to turn inside out (clothing, etc.)
- 4
to turn around, to flip, to reverse
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umdrehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas im Bogen von einer Seite auf die andere Seite bewegen 2. die Bewegung von [1] vollführen
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 umdrehen
- dreht um present singular third-person
- drehte um past
- umgedreht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- umdrehend participle present
- umzudrehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- drehe um first-person indicative present
- drehen um first-person indicative plural
- drehst um indicative present second-person
- drehest um second-person singular subjunctive
- drehet um plural second-person subjunctive
- drehten um first-person indicative plural
- drehtest um indicative preterite second-person
- drehtet um indicative plural preterite
- dreh um! imperative singular
- drehe um! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umdrehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umdrehen in German?
umdrehen appears 4.2 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).