umsatteln
German, verb
umsatteln is spelled U-M-S-A-T-T-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umsatteln is a German verb meaning “to change the saddle (of a horse etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umsatteln is a different word: “gerund of umsatteln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Sattel eines Reittiers wechseln”.
What does umsatteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to change the saddle (of a horse etc.)
- 2
to switch (a profession etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umsatteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Sattel eines Reittiers wechseln 2. eine andere (berufliche) Möglichkeit wahrnehmen
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 umsatteln
- sattelt um present singular third-person
- sattelte um past
- umgesattelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umsattelnd participle present
- umzusatteln infinitive infinitive-zu
- sattle um first-person indicative present
- sattele um first-person indicative present
- sattel um first-person indicative present
- satteln um first-person indicative plural
- sattelst um indicative present second-person
- sattelest um second-person singular subjunctive
- sattlest um second-person singular subjunctive
- sattelet um plural second-person subjunctive
- sattlet um plural second-person subjunctive
- sattelten um first-person indicative plural
- satteltest um indicative preterite second-person
- satteltet um indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umsatteln in German?
umsatteln appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).