
umdenken is one of the B1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
umdenken
rethink
/ˈʊmˌdɛŋkn̩/Conjugation
Principal parts
umdenken, dachte um, hat umgedacht
Practice "umdenken"
Examples — umdenken in a sentence
Beim Klima müssen wir umdenken.
We have to rethink our approach to the climate.
Die Firma hat endlich umgedacht.
The company has finally changed its thinking.
How to remember it
"um" (around) + denken → turn the thinking around: rethink, change approach.
Word family
denken family · 11 related words
- bedenken consider Shifted meaning
- nachdenken to think about
- überdenken reconsider
- umdenken rethink
- weiterdenken Coming soon to think further
- ausdenken think up Shifted meaning
- der Gedanke thought Shifted meaning
- das Bedenken concern / reservation Not predictable