umschreiben
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/, [ˈʔʊmˌʃʁaɪ̯bm̩], [-bən]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: um‧schrei‧ben
Verb
umschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present schreibt um, past tense schrieb um, past participle umgeschrieben, auxiliary haben)
- to rewrite (modify a text)
- to transcribe; to transliterate (convert to another script)
- Synonyms: transkribieren, transliterieren
- to make over; to sign over (officially give property to someone else)
- Synonyms: überschreiben, übertragen
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌʊmˈʃraɪ̯bən/, [ˌʔʊmˈʃʁaɪ̯bm̩], [-bən]
Audio (file)
Verb
umschreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present umschreibt, past tense umschrieb, past participle umschrieben, auxiliary haben)
- to try to express or explain in words; to define; to verbalise
- Synonyms: bestimmen, darlegen, definieren, erklären, umgrenzen
- to state (something) in such a way as to avoid something; to paraphrase; to use circumlocution
- Synonyms: umgehen, umschiffen, paraphrasieren
- einen heiklen Punkt geschickt umschreiben ― subtly to veer around a delicate matter
- ein unanständiges Wort umschreiben ― to paraphrase an obscene word
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “umschreiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “umschreiben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “umschreiben” in Duden online
- “umschreiben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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