umsetzen
German, verb
umsetzen is spelled U-M-S-E-T-Z-E-N (8 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 5,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umsetzen is a German verb meaning “to implement, to realize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umsetzen is a different word: “gerund of umsetzen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einen anderen Platz bringen”.
What does umsetzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to implement, to realize
- 2
to transform, translate, convert, transpose
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umsetzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an einen anderen Platz bringen 2. umpflanzen 3. sich an einen anderen Sitzplatz begeben 4. etwas ausführen, realisieren, in Angriff nehmen
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 umsetzen
- setzt um present singular third-person
- setzte um past
- umgesetzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umsetzend participle present
- umzusetzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- setze um first-person indicative present
- setzen um first-person indicative plural
- setzest um second-person singular subjunctive
- setzet um plural second-person subjunctive
- setzten um first-person indicative plural
- setztest um indicative preterite second-person
- setztet um indicative plural preterite
- setze um! imperative singular
- setzt um! imperative plural
- umgesetzt haben active infinitive perfect
- umgesetzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
- umgesetzt worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umsetzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umsetzen in German?
umsetzen appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).