umsteigen

German

Etymology

From um- +‎ steigen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔʊmʃtaɪ̯ɡŋ̩/, /ˈʔʊmʃtaɪ̯ɡən/
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  • Hyphenation: um‧stei‧gen

Verb

umsteigen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present steigt um, past tense stieg um, past participle umgestiegen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to change, to interchange, to switch (from one means of transport to another)
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 52/2010, page 16:
      Passagiere, die aus den USA nach Europa fliegen und dort umsteigen, sollen ab dem 1. April im Transitbereich nicht mehr kontrolliert werden.
      It is planned that passengers who fly from the United States to Europe and change planes there are not checked in the transit area anymore after April 1.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “umsteigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “umsteigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “umsteigen” in Duden online
  • “umsteigen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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