umlernen
German, verb
umlernen is spelled U-M-L-E-R-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umlernen is a German verb meaning “to retrain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umlernen is a different word: “gerund of umlernen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das, was man sich einmal angeeignet (gelernt) hat, nicht mehr anwenden und stattdessen neue Fertigkeiten und…”.
What does umlernen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to retrain
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umlernen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das, was man sich einmal angeeignet (gelernt) hat, nicht mehr anwenden und stattdessen neue Fertigkeiten und Kenntnisse erwerben 2. das, was man einmal dachte, infrage stellen und eine neue Haltung einnehmen
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 umlernen
- lernt um present singular third-person
- lernte um past
- umgelernt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umlernend participle present
- umzulernen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lerne um first-person indicative present
- lernen um first-person indicative plural
- lernst um indicative present second-person
- lernest um second-person singular subjunctive
- lernet um plural second-person subjunctive
- lernten um first-person indicative plural
- lerntest um indicative preterite second-person
- lerntet um indicative plural preterite
- lern um! imperative singular
- lerne um! imperative singular
- lernt um! imperative plural
- umgelernt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umlernen in German?
umlernen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).