Polyglot Dictionary

Umweg

/ˈʊmˌveːk/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Umwege

Meaning

  1. detour

    • Wir machten einen Umweg.

      We took a detour.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

desvío

desvío is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "detour."

Portuguese

desvio

desvio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "detour."

Practice

1 What does Umweg mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir machten einen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Umweg?

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