umfahren
German, verb
umfahren is spelled U-M-F-A-H-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umfahren is a German verb meaning “to bypass, avoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umfahren is a different word: “gerund of umfahren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “um etwas oder um jemanden herumfahren; ausweichen”.
What does umfahren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bypass, avoid
- 2
to circle, circumnavigate
verb
- 1
to drive (someone) over, to knock (something) down with a vehicle
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umfahren
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umfahren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. um etwas oder um jemanden herumfahren; ausweichen
verb: 1. etwas durch An- oder Überfahren zum Umfallen bringen oder Umknicken 2. ein Fahrzeug über eine kurze Strecke von einem Abstellplatz zu einem anderen bewegen
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 umfahren
- umfährt present singular third-person
- umfuhr past
- umführe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- umfahrend participle present
- umfahre first-person indicative present
- umfährst indicative present second-person
- umfahrt indicative plural present
- umfahrest second-person singular subjunctive
- umfahret plural second-person subjunctive
- umfuhren first-person indicative plural
- umführen first-person formal plural
- umfuhrst indicative preterite second-person
- umfuhrt indicative plural preterite
- umführest formal rare second-person
- umführst formal rare second-person
- umführet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umfahren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umfahren in German?
umfahren appears 1.4 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).