ummanteln
German, verb
ummanteln is a German verb meaning “to encase, encapsulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ummanteln is a different word: “gerund of ummanteln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer Hülle versehen (wie in einen Mantel einhüllen)”.
What does ummanteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encase, encapsulate
- 2
to shroud, coat
- 3
to sheath
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ummanteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einer Hülle versehen (wie in einen Mantel einhüllen)
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 ummanteln
- ummantelt present singular third-person
- ummantelte past
- haben auxiliary
- ummantelnd participle present
- ummantle first-person indicative present
- ummantele first-person indicative present
- ummantel first-person indicative present
- ummantelst indicative present second-person
- ummantelest second-person singular subjunctive
- ummantlest second-person singular subjunctive
- ummantelet plural second-person subjunctive
- ummantlet plural second-person subjunctive
- ummantelten first-person indicative plural
- ummanteltest indicative preterite second-person
- ummanteltet indicative plural preterite
- ummantel! imperative singular
- ummantele! imperative singular
- ummantelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ummanteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ummanteln in German?
ummanteln appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).