umspülen
German, verb[ˈʊmˌʃpuːlən]
umspülen is spelled U-M-S-P-Ü-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umspülen is a German verb meaning “to wash around (as the sea around a rock)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas von allen Seiten umfließen/umgeben/umfluten”.
What does umspülen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wash around (as the sea around a rock)
die Wellen umspülen den Felsen, die Insel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einem Kern (Spule) auf einen anderen Kern wickeln
verb: 1. etwas von allen Seiten umfließen/umgeben/umfluten
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 umspülen
- umspült present singular third-person
- umspülte past
- haben auxiliary
- umspülend participle present
- umspüle first-person indicative present
- umspülst indicative present second-person
- umspülest second-person singular subjunctive
- umspület plural second-person subjunctive
- umspülten first-person indicative plural
- umspültest indicative preterite second-person
- umspültet indicative plural preterite
- umspül imperative second-person singular
- habe umspült first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben umspült first-person indicative multiword-construction
- spule um present
- spulst um present
- spult um present
- spulte um past
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umspülen?
- [ˈʊmˌʃpuːlən]
- [ʊmˈʃpyːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is umspülen in German?
umspülen appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).