umschreiben

B1 Verb frequency rank #10,416

What umschreiben means

Verb

to rewrite (modify a text)
to transcribe; to transliterate (convert to another script)
to make over; to sign over (officially give property to someone else)
to try to express or explain in words; to define; to verbalise
to state (something) in such a way as to avoid something; to paraphrase; to use circumlocution

Forms

umschreiben · schreibt um · schrieb um · hat umgeschrieben | umschreiben · umschreibt · umschrieb · hat umschrieben

Pronunciation

umschreiben in a sentence

Ich musste den ganzen Text noch einmal umschreiben.

I had to rewrite the whole text again.

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umschreiben is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #10,416 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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