umfärben
German, verb
umfärben is spelled U-M-F-Ä-R-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umfärben is a German verb meaning “to redye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umfärben is a different word: “gerund of umfärben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Sache eine andere Farbe geben, als sie zu dem Zeitpunkt hat, sie neu einfärben”.
What does umfärben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to redye
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umfärben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einer Sache eine andere Farbe geben, als sie zu dem Zeitpunkt hat, sie neu einfärben
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 umfärben
- färbt um present singular third-person
- färbte um past
- umgefärbt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umfärbend participle present
- umzufärben infinitive infinitive-zu
- färbe um first-person indicative present
- färben um first-person indicative plural
- färbst um indicative present second-person
- färbest um second-person singular subjunctive
- färbet um plural second-person subjunctive
- färbten um first-person indicative plural
- färbtest um indicative preterite second-person
- färbtet um indicative plural preterite
- färb um! imperative singular
- färbe um! imperative singular
- färbt um! imperative plural
- umgefärbt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umfärben in German?
umfärben appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).