umkreisen
German, verb
umkreisen is a German verb meaning “to circle, to orbit: to revolve or move in a circle around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umkreisen is a different word: “gerund of umkreisen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in Kreis-, Bogen- oder Oval-Form um etwas herum bewegen”.
What does umkreisen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to circle, to orbit: to revolve or move in a circle around
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umkreisen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich in Kreis-, Bogen- oder Oval-Form um etwas herum bewegen 2. immerzu an dasselbe denken (müssen)
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 umkreisen
- umkreist present singular third-person
- umkreiste past
- haben auxiliary
- umkreisend participle present
- umkreise first-person indicative present
- umkreisest second-person singular subjunctive
- umkreiset plural second-person subjunctive
- umkreisten first-person indicative plural
- umkreistest indicative preterite second-person
- umkreistet indicative plural preterite
- umkreis imperative second-person singular
- habe umkreist first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben umkreist first-person indicative multiword-construction
- umkreis! imperative singular
- umkreise! imperative singular
- umkreist! imperative plural
- umkreist haben active infinitive perfect
- umkreist werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umkreisen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umkreisen in German?
umkreisen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).