umringen
German, verb
umringen is spelled U-M-R-I-N-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 136,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umringen is a German verb meaning “to surround” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umringen is a different word: “gerund of umringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mit mehreren Personen) einen Kreis (Ring) um etwas herum bilden”.
What does umringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to surround
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mit mehreren Personen) einen Kreis (Ring) um etwas herum bilden
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 umringen
- umringt present singular third-person
- umringte past
- haben auxiliary
- umringend participle present
- umringe first-person indicative present
- umringst indicative present second-person
- umringest second-person singular subjunctive
- umringet plural second-person subjunctive
- umringten first-person indicative plural
- umringtest indicative preterite second-person
- umringtet indicative plural preterite
- umring imperative second-person singular
- habe umringt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben umringt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- umring! imperative singular
- umringe! imperative singular
- umringt! imperative plural
- umringt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umringen in German?
umringen 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).