
umgehen is one of the B1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
umgehen
handle / go around
/ˈʊmɡeːən/Conjugation
Principal parts
umgehen, ging um, ist umgegangen
Practice "umgehen"
Examples — umgehen in a sentence
Er geht gut mit Kindern um.
He is good with children.
Wir sind vorsichtig damit umgegangen.
We handled it carefully.
How to remember it
"um" (around) + gehen → go around, i.e. handle / deal with something.
Word family
gehen family · 12 related words
- abgehen Coming soon to leave; to come off Shifted meaning
- angehen concern / tackle Not predictable
- ausgehen go out / assume / run out Shifted meaning
- eingehen Coming soon to enter; to respond to; to arrive Shifted meaning
- mitgehen go along
- umgehen handle / go around Shifted meaning
- vergehen pass / elapse Not predictable
- zurückgehen go back