zumachen
German, verb
zumachen is spelled Z-U-M-A-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zumachen is a German verb meaning “to close; to shut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zumachen is a different word: “gerund of zumachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schließen”.
What does zumachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to close; to shut
- 2
to lock
- 3
informalto hurry, to make haste
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zumachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schließen 2. sich beeilen
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 zumachen
- macht zu present singular third-person
- machte zu past
- zugemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zumachend participle present
- zuzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache zu first-person indicative present
- machen zu first-person indicative plural
- machst zu indicative present second-person
- machest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- machet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- machten zu first-person indicative plural
- machtest zu indicative preterite second-person
- machtet zu indicative plural preterite
- mach zu! imperative singular
- mache zu! imperative singular
- macht zu! imperative plural
- zugemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zumachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zumachen in German?
zumachen appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).