umtopfen
German, verb[ˈʊmˌtɔp͡fn̩]
umtopfen is spelled U-M-T-O-P-F-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umtopfen is a German verb meaning “to repot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Pflanze in einen anderen Blumentopf pflanzen, zum Beispiel weil der bisherige Topf zu klein geworden ist”.
What does umtopfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to repot
Ich muss bald meinen Ficus umtopfen.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Pflanze in einen anderen Blumentopf pflanzen, zum Beispiel weil der bisherige Topf zu klein geworden ist
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 umtopfen
- topft um present singular third-person
- topfte um past
- umgetopft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- umtopfend participle present
- umzutopfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- topfe um first-person indicative present
- topfen um first-person indicative plural
- topfst um indicative present second-person
- topfest um second-person singular subjunctive
- topfet um plural second-person subjunctive
- topften um first-person indicative plural
- topftest um indicative preterite second-person
- topftet um indicative plural preterite
- topf um! imperative singular
- topfe um! imperative singular
- topft um! imperative plural
- umgetopft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umtopfen?
- [ˈʊmˌtɔp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is umtopfen in German?
umtopfen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).