umlenken
German, verb[ˈʊmˌlɛŋkn̩]
umlenken is spelled U-M-L-E-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umlenken is a German verb meaning “to redirect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem Steuer eines Gefährts (Lenker) die Fahrtrichtung verändern”.
What does umlenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to redirect
- 2
to divert, to diverge
- 3
to deflect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit dem Steuer eines Gefährts (Lenker) die Fahrtrichtung verändern 2. eine Richtung oder das Ziel in einem Ablauf oder einer Übertragung, einem Fluss verändern
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 umlenken
- lenkt um present singular third-person
- lenkte um past
- umgelenkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umlenkend participle present
- umzulenken infinitive infinitive-zu
- lenke um first-person indicative present
- lenken um first-person indicative plural
- lenkst um indicative present second-person
- lenkest um second-person singular subjunctive
- lenket um plural second-person subjunctive
- lenkten um first-person indicative plural
- lenktest um indicative preterite second-person
- lenktet um indicative plural preterite
- lenk um! imperative singular
- lenke um! imperative singular
- lenkt um! imperative plural
- umgelenkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umlenken?
- [ˈʊmˌlɛŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umlenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umlenken in German?
umlenken appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).