umschmelzen
German, verb
umschmelzen is spelled U-M-S-C-H-M-E-L-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umschmelzen is a German verb meaning “to remelt, recast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umschmelzen is a different word: “gerund of umschmelzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in Hitze weich und formbar machen und neu formen/gießen”.
What does umschmelzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remelt, recast
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umschmelzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in Hitze weich und formbar machen und neu formen/gießen
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 umschmelzen
- umschmilzt present singular third-person
- umschmolz past
- umgeschmolzen participle past
- umschmölze past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- umschmelzend participle present
- umschmelze first-person indicative present
- umschmelzt indicative plural present
- umschmelzest second-person singular subjunctive
- umschmelzet plural second-person subjunctive
- umschmolzen first-person indicative plural
- umschmölzen first-person formal plural
- umschmolzest indicative preterite second-person
- umschmolzt indicative preterite second-person
- umschmölzest formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umschmelzen in German?
umschmelzen appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).