umgang

== English == === Alternative forms === umgong === Etymology === From Middle English umgang, umbegang (“circumference, circuit”), from Old English ymbgang, ymbegang (“going about, going round, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt, a winding course, bend, a going about a business”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz, equivalent to um- +‎ gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uumgong, West Frisian omgong, Dutch omgang (“dealing, handling”), German Umgang (“dealings, handling”), Danish omgang (“game”). More at um-, gang. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʌmɡaŋ/ === Noun === umgang (plural umgangs) (obsolete) (now chiefly UK dialectal) A round about; a way around; detour. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) An instance of going or passing around; a trip. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A circuit; circumference.