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umzingeln

German, verb

umzingeln is spelled U-M-Z-I-N-G-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umzingeln is a German verb meaning “to encircle, to surround” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Umzingeln is a different word: “gerund of umzingeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von allen Seiten einkreisen”.

What does umzingeln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to encircle, to surround

noun

as Umzingeln
  1. 1

    neutergerund of umzingeln

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. von allen Seiten einkreisen 2. (mit mehreren Leuten) um etwas herumstehen

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 umzingeln

  • umzingelt present singular third-person
  • umzingelte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • umzingelnd participle present
  • umzingle first-person indicative present
  • umzingele first-person indicative present
  • umzingel first-person indicative present
  • umzingelst indicative present second-person
  • umzingelest second-person singular subjunctive
  • umzinglest second-person singular subjunctive
  • umzingelet plural second-person subjunctive
  • umzinglet plural second-person subjunctive
  • umzingelten first-person indicative plural
  • umzingeltest indicative preterite second-person
  • umzingeltet indicative plural preterite
  • umzingel! imperative singular
  • umzingele! imperative singular
  • umzingelt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to umzingeln

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is umzingeln in German?

umzingeln 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).

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