umwenden
German, verb
umwenden is spelled U-M-W-E-N-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 247,831st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umwenden is a German verb meaning “to turn over; to turn inside out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umwenden is a different word: “gerund of umwenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so drehen (wenden), dass das, was oben war, nach unten kommt oder das, was außen war, nach innen kommt”.
What does umwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn over; to turn inside out
- 2
to turn around, to go back (when traveling)
- 3
to turn around (of one's body)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umwenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so drehen (wenden), dass das, was oben war, nach unten kommt oder das, was außen war, nach innen kommt 2. die Richtung/Fahrtrichtung so ändern, dass man zurückfährt/zurückgeht 3. die Körperposition so ändern, dass man das sieht, was vorher hinter einem lag
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 umwenden
- wendet um present singular third-person
- wandte um past
- wendete um past
- umgewandt participle past
- umgewendet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- umwendend participle present
- umzuwenden infinitive infinitive-zu
- wende um first-person indicative present
- wenden um first-person indicative plural
- wendest um indicative present second-person
- wandten um first-person indicative plural
- wendeten um first-person indicative plural
- wend um! imperative singular
- wende um! imperative singular
- wendet um! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is umwenden in German?
umwenden appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).