umwerben
German, verb
umwerben is spelled U-M-W-E-R-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umwerben is a German verb meaning “to woo, to attempt to rouse economic or erotic desire in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umwerben is a different word: “gerund of umwerben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich um die Gunst oder Liebe einer Person bemühen”.
What does umwerben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to woo, to attempt to rouse economic or erotic desire in
noun
- 1
neutergerund of umwerben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich um die Gunst oder Liebe einer Person bemühen
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 umwerben
- umwirbt present singular third-person
- umwarb past
- umworben participle past
- umwürbe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- umwerbend participle present
- umwerbe first-person indicative present
- umwirbst indicative present second-person
- umwerbt indicative plural present
- umwerbest second-person singular subjunctive
- umwerbet plural second-person subjunctive
- umwarben first-person indicative plural
- umwürben first-person formal plural
- umwarbst indicative preterite second-person
- umwarbt indicative plural preterite
- umwürbest formal rare second-person
- umwürbst formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to umwerben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umwerben in German?
umwerben appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).