umfangen
German, verb
umfangen is spelled U-M-F-A-N-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umfangen is a German verb meaning “to embrace, clasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Umfängen is a different word: “dative plural of Umfang”. With a capital, Umfangen is a different word: “gerund of umfangen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder jemandes Körperteile mit seinen Armen oder Händen umfassen”.
What does umfangen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embrace, clasp
Der tränenübergossene Vater umfing sein Kind mit beiden Armen.
- 2
to envelop, surround, enclose
Vom Tod umfangen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Umfang
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umfangen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder jemandes Körperteile mit seinen Armen oder Händen umfassen 2. etwas hüllt jemanden ein
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 umfangen
- umfängt present singular third-person
- umfing past
- haben auxiliary
- 7 strong
- umfangend participle present
- umfange first-person indicative present
- umfängst indicative present second-person
- umfangt indicative plural present
- umfangest second-person singular subjunctive
- umfanget plural second-person subjunctive
- umfingen first-person indicative plural
- umfinge first-person formal rare
- umfingst indicative preterite second-person
- umfingt indicative plural preterite
- umfingest formal rare second-person
- umfinget formal plural rare
- umfang imperative second-person singular
- umfange! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umfangen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umfangen in German?
umfangen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).