Polyglot Dictionary

umschreiben

/ʊmˈʃʁaɪ̯bn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
umschreibt
past
umschrieb
perfect
hat umschrieben

Meaning

  1. to paraphrase

    Built from um (around) + schreiben (to write).

    • Man kann das Wort so umschreiben.

      You can paraphrase the word like this.

    • Kannst du das Wort mit anderen Worten umschreiben? Ich verstehe es nicht.

      Can you paraphrase the word in other words? I do not understand it.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • um around
  • schreiben to write

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

parafrasear

parafrasear is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to paraphrase."

Practice

1 What does umschreiben mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man kann das Wort so ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches umschreiben?

verbinseparablecompound

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