umschichten
German, verb
umschichten is spelled U-M-S-C-H-I-C-H-T-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umschichten is a German verb meaning “to regroup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umschichten is a different word: “gerund of umschichten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(Bestandteile/Schichten) in eine andere Reihenfolge/Kombination bringen”.
What does umschichten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regroup
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umschichten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (Bestandteile/Schichten) in eine andere Reihenfolge/Kombination bringen 2. (von alleine) eine andere Zusammensetzung/Form annehmen
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 umschichten
- schichtet um present singular third-person
- schichtete um past
- umgeschichtet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umschichtend participle present
- umzuschichten infinitive infinitive-zu
- schichte um first-person indicative present
- schichten um first-person indicative plural
- schichtest um indicative present second-person
- schichteten um first-person indicative plural
- schichtetest um indicative preterite second-person
- schichtetet um indicative plural preterite
- schicht um! imperative singular
- schichte um! imperative singular
- schichtet um! imperative plural
- umgeschichtet haben active infinitive perfect
- umgeschichtet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- umgeschichtet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umschichten in German?
umschichten appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).