umkreisen

v/t (untr., hat) circle ([a]round); Planet etc.: revolve (a)round (auch fig. Gedanken etc.), orbit; Satellit, Raumschiff: orbit

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to orbit; to revolve

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um|krei|sen [ʊm'kraizn] ptp umkreist

vt insep

to circle (around); (ASTRON) to orbit, to revolve around; (SPACE) to orbit

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1) (to move in a circle round something: The chickens circled round the farmer who was bringing their food.) circle

2) (to draw a circle round: Please circle the word you think is wrong.) circle

3) (to go round in space: The spacecraft orbits the Earth every 24 hours.) orbit

4) (to put, draw etc a ring round (something): He has ringed all your errors.) ring

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um·krei·sen *

[ʊmˈkraizn̩]

vt

▪ etw \umkreisen

1. ASTRON (um etw kreisen) to revolve around sth, to orbit sth

2. RAUM (in einer Umlaufbahn sein) to orbit sth, to circle sth

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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

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umkreisen v/t (untrennb, hat) circle ([a]round); Planet etc: revolve (a)round (auch fig Gedanken etc), orbit; Satellit, Raumschiff: orbit

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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

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v.

to revolve v.