umgehen

== German == === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German umbegēn, umbegān, from Old High German umbigēn, umbigān, from Proto-West Germanic *umbigān, from Proto-Germanic *umbigāną. Equivalent to um- +‎ gehen. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ʊmˈɡeːən/ Hyphenation: um‧ge‧hen Rhymes: -eːən ==== Verb ==== umgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present umgeht, past tense umging, past participle umgangen, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to avoid, bypass, to go around (a physical obstacle) (transitive) to avoid (something nonphysical) eine Regel umgehen ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== umgehbar, Umgehen, Umgeher, Umgehung === Etymology 2 === Same as etymology 1. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʊmɡeːən/ ==== Verb ==== umgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht um, past tense ging um, past participle umgegangen, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to handle, to deal with [with mit] (intransitive) to go around (to circulate (in)) (intransitive, of ghosts) to haunt, to walk the earth ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Umgehen === Further reading === “umgehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “umgehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “umgehen” in OpenThesaurus.de