umgarnen
German, verb
umgarnen is spelled U-M-G-A-R-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umgarnen is a German verb meaning “to charm, to seduce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umgarnen is a different word: “gerund of umgarnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Schmeicheleien und Aufmerksamkeiten versuchen, jemanden für sich zu gewinnen”.
What does umgarnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to charm, to seduce
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umgarnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Schmeicheleien und Aufmerksamkeiten versuchen, jemanden für sich zu gewinnen
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 umgarnen
- umgarnt present singular third-person
- umgarnte past
- haben auxiliary
- umgarnend participle present
- umgarne first-person indicative present
- umgarnst indicative present second-person
- umgarnest second-person singular subjunctive
- umgarnet plural second-person subjunctive
- umgarnten first-person indicative plural
- umgarntest indicative preterite second-person
- umgarntet indicative plural preterite
- umgarn imperative second-person singular
- habe umgarnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben umgarnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- umgarn! imperative singular
- umgarne! imperative singular
- umgarnt! imperative plural
- umgarnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umgarnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umgarnen in German?
umgarnen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).