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
to encircle, to surround
noun
- 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).