umschreiben

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word umschreiben. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word umschreiben, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say umschreiben in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word umschreiben you have here. The definition of the word umschreiben will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofumschreiben, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

German

Etymology 1

From um (around, re-) +‎ schreiben (to write). Probably after Latin trānscrībere in the sense of “transcribe”, perhaps also in some other senses.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊmˌʃraɪ̯bən/, ,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: um‧schrei‧ben
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯bən

Verb

umschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schreibt um, past tense schrieb um, past participle umgeschrieben, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rewrite (modify a text)
    Synonyms: ändern, neu schreiben
  2. to transcribe; to transliterate (convert to another script)
    Synonyms: transkribieren, transliterieren
  3. to make over; to sign over (officially give property to someone else)
    Synonyms: überschreiben, übertragen
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

um- +‎ schreiben

Pronunciation

Verb

umschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present umschreibt, past tense umschrieb, past participle umschrieben, auxiliary haben)

  1. to try to express or explain in words; to define; to verbalise
    Synonyms: bestimmen, darlegen, definieren, erklären, umgrenzen
  2. to state (something) in such a way as to avoid something; to paraphrase; to use circumlocution
    Synonyms: umgehen, umschiffen, paraphrasieren
    einen heiklen Punkt geschickt umschreibensubtly to veer around a delicate matter
    ein unanständiges Wort umschreibento paraphrase an obscene word
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading