umfassen
German, verb
umfassen is spelled U-M-F-A-S-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umfassen is a German verb meaning “to encompass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umfassen is a different word: “gerund of umfassen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas umgreifen, umfangen, umgeben”.
What does umfassen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encompass
- 2
to comprise
verb
- 1
to change grip
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umfassen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas umgreifen, umfangen, umgeben 2. etwas einschliessen, beinhalten, enthalten
verb: 1. etwas anders fassen, anders anfassen, nachfassen
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 umfassen
- umfasst present singular third-person
- umfasste past
- haben auxiliary
- umfassend participle present
- umfasse first-person indicative present
- umfassest second-person singular subjunctive
- umfasset plural second-person subjunctive
- umfassten first-person indicative plural
- umfasstest indicative preterite second-person
- umfasstet indicative plural preterite
- umfass imperative second-person singular
- habe umfasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben umfasst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- umfasse! imperative singular
- umfasst! imperative plural
- umfasset! imperative plural
- umfasst haben inseparable active infinitive
- umfasst werden inseparable processual-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umfassen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umfassen in German?
umfassen appears 7.9 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).