umgehen.
to avoid, bypass, to go around (a physical obstacle)
Meaning & usage
to avoid, bypass, to go around (a physical obstacle)
Sie wollten die Stadtmitte umgehen.
Er umging den Bach.
to avoid (something nonphysical)
Er umging es, den Tod ihres Mannes anzusprechen.
Ich versuche das Thema zu umgehen.
Where this word comes from
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.
to handle, to deal with
to go around (to circulate (in))
Im Dorf geht ein Gerücht um.
to haunt, to walk the earth
Hier gehen Gespenster um.
Where this word comes from
Same as etymology 1.
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