Around, at, in order to - Um (The 44th Most Common German Word)

The German word for Around, at, in order to is Um. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes, location & place, numbers & quantity. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 44th most common word in German. It can be used as preposition, conjunction. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to how the word is pronounced. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common German words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: around, at, in order to

German: um

Examples


Come home at six.	Komm um sechs Uhr nach Hause
She will be back at five.	Sie wird zurück sein um 17 Uhr.
Come here at six, not before.	Komm um sechs her, nicht früher.
I don't think that I'll have enough time to do everything I want to do.	Ich glaube nicht, dass ich genug Zeit haben werde, um alles zu tun, was ich tun möchte.
I'll go at three, or rather at a quarter past three.	Ich gehe um drei beziehungsweise um Viertel nach drei.
I don't live to eat; I eat to live.	Ich lebe nicht, um zu essen; Ich esse, um zu leben.
He generally goes home at five o'clock.	Normalerweise geht er um fünf Uhr nach Hause.
I have to do that every day to keep living.	Das muss ich jeden Tag tun, um am Leben zu bleiben.

A friend comes to play at our house tomorrow.	Ein Freund kommt morgen zu uns nach Hause um zu spielen.
See you at five	Lass uns uns um fünf Uhr treffen.
It is strange that he is not here. He always comes at this time.	Es ist seltsam, dass er nicht hier ist. Er kommt immer um diese Zeit.
I don't live to eat, but eat to live.	Ich lebe nicht um zu essen, sondern esse um zu leben.
I'll be there at two o'clock without fail.	Ich werde dort garantiert um Punkt zwei Uhr sein.
He came home exactly at ten.	Er ist genau um zehn nach Hause gekommen.
You'll have to come back a little later: the man who deals with that issue has just gone out.	Sie müssen etwas später wiederkommen: Der Mann, der sich um diese Angelegenheit kümmert, ist gerade ausgegangen.
He would do whatever it takes to make money.	Um Geld zu machen, würde er alles tun.
He has dinner at seven.	Er isst um sieben zu Abend.
I'll be back at seven o'clock.	Um sieben bin ich wieder da.
I have to give a class tomorrow at 2:30.	Ich muss morgen um zwei Uhr dreißig unterrichten.
I'll return at 2:30.	Ich bin um 14:30 zurück.
I usually go to bed at ten.	Ich gehe gewöhnlich um zehn ins Bett.