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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

umordnen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈʊmˌɔʁdnən

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rearrange/ˌriː.əˈreɪndʒ/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir müssen die Möbel im Zimmer umordnen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To change the position, order, or arrangement of something.

    "She decided to rearrange the living room furniture to create more space."
  2. 2

    To change the date or time of a planned event or meeting.

    "Can we rearrange our appointment for next Tuesday afternoon?"
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix re- (expressing repetition or reversal) combined with the Middle English verb 'arengen', borrowed from Old French 'arengier', meaning to put in a line or rank. By the late 16th century, the term evolved to denote changing the position, order, or state of items.

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