Umlauf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Umlauf.

Proper noun

Umlauf (plural Umlaufs)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Umlauf is the 35246th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 639 individuals. Umlauf is most common among White (93.58%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

um- +‎ Lauf

Pronunciation

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Noun

Umlauf m (strong, genitive Umlaufes, plural Umläufe)

  1. circulation
  2. (astronomy) revolution
  3. (astronomy) orbit
  4. tour
  5. currency
  6. (medicine) whitlow

Declension

Declension of Umlauf [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Umlauf die Umläufe
genitive eines des Umlaufes der Umläufe
dative einem dem Umlauf, Umlaufe1 den Umläufen
accusative einen den Umlauf die Umläufe

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Umlauf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Umlauf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Umlauf” in Duden online
  • “Umlauf” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Umlauf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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