umgehen

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German

Etymology 1

um- +‎ gehen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊmˈɡeːən/
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  • Hyphenation: um‧ge‧hen
  • Rhymes: -eːən

Verb

umgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present umgeht, past tense umging, past participle umgangen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to avoid, bypass, to go around (a physical obstacle)
    Sie wollten die Stadtmitte umgehen.
    They wanted to avoid the middle of town.
    Er umging den Bach.
    He went around the creek.
  2. (transitive) to avoid (something nonphysical)
    eine Regel umgehen
    Er umging es, den Tod ihres Mannes anzusprechen.
    He avoided mentioning her husband's death.
    Ich versuche das Thema zu umgehen.
    I am attempting to avoid the subject.
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Etymology 2

um +‎ gehen

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Verb

umgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht um, past tense ging um, past participle umgegangen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to handle, to deal with
    • 2007, Silvana Lehmann, Darüber spricht man nicht!?- Sexualerziehung an Schulen, →ISBN, page 59:
      Natürlich hat jeder Pädagoge die Pflicht sensibel mit diesem Thema umzugehen []
      Naturally, every educator has a duty to handle this subject sensibly
  2. (intransitive) to go around (to circulate (in))
    Im Dorf geht ein Gerücht um.
    There’s a rumor going around the village.
  3. (intransitive, of ghosts) to haunt, to walk the earth
    Hier gehen Gespenster um.
    Ghosts haunt this place.
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Further reading

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