umschulen
German, verb
umschulen is spelled U-M-S-C-H-U-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 134,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umschulen is a German verb meaning “to move schools” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umschulen is a different word: “gerund of umschulen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Kind auf eine andere Schule schicken”.
What does umschulen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move schools
- 2
to retrain (for a new profession, trade, etc.)
- 3
rareto (politically) re-educate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umschulen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Kind auf eine andere Schule schicken 2. Person, die bereits eine Berufsausbildung hat, für einen neuen Beruf ausbilden 3. jemanden dazu bringen, seine politische Einstellung zu ändern
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 umschulen
- schult um present singular third-person
- schulte um past
- umgeschult participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umschulend participle present
- umzuschulen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schule um first-person indicative present
- schulen um first-person indicative plural
- schulst um indicative present second-person
- schulest um second-person singular subjunctive
- schulet um plural second-person subjunctive
- schulten um first-person indicative plural
- schultest um indicative preterite second-person
- schultet um indicative plural preterite
- schul um! imperative singular
- schule um! imperative singular
- schult um! imperative plural
- umgeschult haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umschulen in German?
umschulen 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).