umsteigen
German, verb
umsteigen is spelled U-M-S-T-E-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umsteigen is a German verb meaning “to change, to interchange, to switch (from one means of transport to another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umsteigen is a different word: “gerund of umsteigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Verkehrsmittel verlassen und in ein anderes einsteigen”.
What does umsteigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to change, to interchange, to switch (from one means of transport to another)
Am Hauptbahnhof Zürich kann man umsteigen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umsteigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Verkehrsmittel verlassen und in ein anderes einsteigen 2. zu einer anderen Sache wechseln; eine Gewohnheit oder Vorgehensweise 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 umsteigen
- steigt um present singular third-person
- stieg um past
- umgestiegen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- umsteigend participle present
- umzusteigen infinitive infinitive-zu
- steige um first-person indicative present
- steigen um first-person indicative plural
- steigst um indicative present second-person
- steigest um second-person singular subjunctive
- steiget um plural second-person subjunctive
- stiegen um first-person indicative plural
- stiege um first-person formal rare
- stiegst um indicative preterite second-person
- stiegt um indicative plural preterite
- stiegest um formal rare second-person
- stieget um formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umsteigen in German?
umsteigen appears 4.0 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).