umfassen

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German

Etymology 1

um- +‎ fassen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔʊmˈfasn̩/, /ʔʊmˈfasən/
  • Hyphenation: um‧fas‧sen
  • (file)

Verb

umfassen (weak, third-person singular present umfasst, past tense umfasste, past participle umfasst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to encompass
  2. to comprise
    • 1990, “Zwei-plus-Vier-Vertrag”, in Bundesgesetzblatt, part 2, page 1320:
      Das vereinte Deutschland wird die Gebiete der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik und ganz Berlins umfassen.
      The united Germany shall comprise the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic and the whole of Berlin.
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Etymology 2

um +‎ fassen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔʊmfasn̩/, /ˈʔʊmfasən/
  • Hyphenation: um‧fas‧sen

Verb

umfassen (weak, third-person singular present fasst um, past tense fasste um, past participle umgefasst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to change grip
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Further reading

  • umfassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • umfassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • umfassen” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • umfassen” in Duden online
  • umfassen” in Duden online