umschmeicheln
German, verb
umschmeicheln is spelled U-M-S-C-H-M-E-I-C-H-E-L-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umschmeicheln is a German verb meaning “to flatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umschmeicheln is a different word: “gerund of umschmeicheln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden umgarnen (ihm schmeicheln), um ihn für sich und seine Sache zu gewinnen”.
What does umschmeicheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flatter
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umschmeicheln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden umgarnen (ihm schmeicheln), um ihn für sich und seine Sache zu gewinnen 2. aufmerksam und zärtlich zu jemandem sein
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 umschmeicheln
- umschmeichelt present singular third-person
- umschmeichelte past
- haben auxiliary
- umschmeichelnd participle present
- umschmeichle first-person indicative present
- umschmeichele first-person indicative present
- umschmeichel first-person indicative present
- umschmeichelst indicative present second-person
- umschmeichelest second-person singular subjunctive
- umschmeichlest second-person singular subjunctive
- umschmeichelet plural second-person subjunctive
- umschmeichlet plural second-person subjunctive
- umschmeichelten first-person indicative plural
- umschmeicheltest indicative preterite second-person
- umschmeicheltet indicative plural preterite
- umschmeichel! imperative singular
- umschmeichle! imperative singular
- umschmeichelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umschmeicheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umschmeicheln in German?
umschmeicheln 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).