- umkreisen
- v/t (untr., hat) circle ([a]round); Planet etc.: revolve (a)round (auch fig. Gedanken etc.), orbit; Satellit, Raumschiff: orbit* * *to orbit; to revolve* * *um|krei|sen [ʊm'kraizn] ptp umkreistvt insepto circle (around); (ASTRON) to orbit, to revolve around; (SPACE) to orbit* * *1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) circle2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) circle3) (to go round in space: The spacecraft orbits the Earth every 24 hours.) orbit4) (to put, draw etc a ring round (something): He has ringed all your errors.) ring* * *um·krei·sen *[ʊmˈkraizn̩]vt▪ etw \umkreisen1. ASTRON (um etw kreisen) to revolve around sth, to orbit sth2. RAUM (in einer Umlaufbahn sein) to orbit sth, to circle sth* * *transitives Verb circle; <spacecraft, satellite> orbit; <planet> revolve [a]round
seine Gedanken umkreisten das Thema — (fig.) he kept turning the matter over in his mind
* * *umkreisen v/t (untrennb, hat) circle ([a]round); Planet etc: revolve (a)round (auch fig Gedanken etc), orbit; Satellit, Raumschiff: orbit* * *transitives Verb circle; <spacecraft, satellite> orbit; <planet> revolve [a]roundseine Gedanken umkreisten das Thema — (fig.) he kept turning the matter over in his mind
* * *v.to revolve v.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.