Umgang
German (Berlin)
/ˈʊmɡaŋ/
noun
Definitions
- dealings, (social) intercourse
- acquaintances
- (church) procession
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German umbeganc inherited from Old High German umbigang (a course, return) inherited from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz (a going around, circuit) prefix from German Gang (gear, hallway, course, a gang, track, going, duct, way, path, line, motion, trail) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (step, walk, stride).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰengʰ-
Gloss
step, walk, stride
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🪜
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gang English
- umgang English
- Abgang German
- Abgänger German
- Blutgang German
- Börsengang German
- Durchgang German
- Fünfgang-Getriebe German
- Gang German
- Gedankengang German
- Gänger German
- Hauptgang German
- Rechtsgang German
- Rückgang German
- Rückwärtsgang German
- Siebenganggetriebe German
- Spaziergang German
- Sprache German
- Umgangssprache German
- Untergang German
- Vorgang German
- Werdegang German
- gangbar German
- umgangssprachlich German
- umgänglich German
- unumgänglich German
- gang Hungarian
- ganga Italian
- gang Dutch, Flemish
- om Dutch, Flemish
- omgaan Dutch, Flemish
- omgang Dutch, Flemish
- omgangstaal Dutch, Flemish
- gangue French
- *ǵʰengʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰengʰ-o-s Proto-Indo-European
- omgjengelig Norwegian Bokmål
- overgang Norwegian Bokmål
- *ganganą Proto-Germanic
- *gangaz Proto-Germanic
- *gangiz Proto-Germanic
- *gangulaz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *ganhuz Proto-Germanic
- *inngangaz Proto-Germanic
- *uberganganą Proto-Germanic
- *umbigangaz Proto-Germanic
- *ūtgangaz Proto-Germanic
- gång Swedish
- om Swedish
- omgång Swedish
- ganek Polish
- overgang Norwegian Nynorsk
- ymbgang Old English
- जंहस् Sanskrit
- umgang Middle English
- afganga Old Norse
- afgangr Old Norse
- afgǫngudagr Old Norse
- atgengiligr Old Norse
- ganga Old Norse
- gangr Old Norse
- gengi Old Norse
- genginn Old Norse
- jǫklagangr Old Norse
- umgangr Old Norse
- þarfagangr Old Norse
- gang Danish
- omgang Danish
- omgængelig Danish
- gai Old French
- ganjak Serbo-Croatian
- gank Serbo-Croatian
- ommegang Middle Dutch
- overganc Middle Dutch
- umbigang Old High German
- ganc Middle High German
- umbeganc Middle High German
- Ëmgang Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- Ëmgangssprooch Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *umbigang Old Dutch
- *ȷ́ʰángʰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umbigangan Old Saxon
- umganger Old Swedish