Polyglot Dictionary

um

/ʊm/

preposition, conjunction A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

prep Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. around; at (a clock time)

    as a preposition

  2. in order to (um ... zu)

    as a conjunction

Practice

1 What does um mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Film beginnt ___ acht Uhr.

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