
umbringen is one of the B1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
umbringen
kill
/ˈʊmˌbʁɪŋən/Conjugation
Principal parts
umbringen, brachte um, hat umgebracht
Practice "umbringen"
Examples — umbringen in a sentence
Der Stress bringt mich noch um.
The stress is going to kill me.
Die Figur wurde im Film umgebracht.
The character was killed in the film.
How to remember it
CAUTION — a strong shift: "um" + bringen means to KILL, never "bring around".
Word family
bringen family · 9 related words
- beibringen teach Not predictable
- einbringen bring in / contribute
- mitbringen to bring along
- unterbringen accommodate Shifted meaning
- umbringen kill Not predictable
- verbringen to spend (time) Not predictable
- weiterbringen help progress
- zurückbringen bring back