Umgehung
German, noun/ʊmˈɡeːʊŋ/
Umgehung is spelled U-M-G-E-H-U-N-G (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umgehung is a German feminine noun meaning “evasion, bypassing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Bogen ein Hindernis umfahren, umlaufen”.
What does Umgehung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineevasion, bypassing
- 2
feminineellipsis of Umgehungsstraße
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. im Bogen ein Hindernis umfahren, umlaufen 2. Vermeidung einer unangenehme Sache 3. Missachtung einer Vorschrift 4. Umgehungsstraße
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 Umgehung
- Umgehungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Umgehung?
- /ʊmˈɡeːʊŋ/
- [ʊmˈɡeːʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Umgehung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Umgehung in German?
Umgehung appears 2.1 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).