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umgang

  • /ˈʌmɡaŋ/

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From Middle English umgang, umbegang (“circumference, circuit”), from Old English ymbgang, ymbegang (“going about, going round, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt, a winding course, bend, a going about a business”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz, equivalent to um- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uumgong, West Frisian omgong, Dutch omgang (“dealing, handling”), German Umgang (“dealings, handling”), Danish omgang (“game”). More at um-, gang.

noun umgangs · umgong

  1. UK, dialectal, obsolete A round about; a way around; detour.
  2. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete An instance of going or passing around; a trip.
  3. Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete A circuit; circumference.

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@misc{umgang_2026,
  title = {umgang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/umgang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}