umwandeln

v/t (trennb., hat -ge-) change, transform (in + Akk, zu into); PHYS., ETECH. transform, convert (auch EDV); JUR. (Strafe) commute (into); er ist wie umgewandelt he’s a completely different person, he’s a changed man

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to transmute; to metabolize; to transubstantiate; to commute; to convert; to transform

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ụm|wan|deln ['ʊmvandln] sep

1. vt

to change ( in +acc into); (COMM, FIN, SCI) to convert ( in +acc to); (JUR) Strafe to commute ( in +acc to); (fig) to transform ( in +acc into)

er ist wie umgewandelt — he's a changed man, he's a (completely) different person

2. vr

to be converted ( in +acc into)

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1) (to change (a criminal sentence) for one less severe: His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.) commute

2) (to change from one thing into another: He has converted his house into four separate flats; This sofa converts into a bed.) convert

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um|wan·deln

[ˈʊmvandl̩n]

vt (die Bestimmung verändern)

▪ etw [in etw akk] \umwandeln to convert sth [into sth]

wie umgewandelt sein to be a changed person, to be like a completely different person

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transitives Verb convert <substance, building, etc.> (in + Akk. into); commute <sentence> (in + Akk. to); (ändern) change; alter

er ist wie umgewandelt — he is a changed man

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umwandeln v/t (trennb, hat -ge-) change, transform (

in +akk,

zu into); PHYS, ELEK transform, convert (auch IT); JUR (Strafe) commute (into);

er ist wie umgewandelt he’s a completely different person, he’s a changed man

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transitives Verb convert <substance, building, etc.> (in + Akk. into); commute <sentence> (in + Akk. to); (ändern) change; alter

er ist wie umgewandelt — he is a changed man

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v.

to convert v.

to metabolise (UK) v.

to metabolize (US) v.

to transform v.

to transmute v.

to transsubstantiate v.