Umstände
dieNouncircumstances
English translations
- 01
circumstances
- 02
conditions
- 03
state
Word details
- German meaning
- Die anfänglichen Umstände oder Bedingungen, bevor eine Handlung oder ein Prozess beginnt.
- English meaning
- Starting situation
- Synonym
- Grundlage, Ausgangslage
- German example
- Die Ausgangssituation war sehr schwierig.
- English example
- The starting situation was very difficult.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- die
- Singular Form
- die Ausgangssituation
- Plural Form
- die Ausgangssituationen
Related words
- Risikogruppe
A risk group is a group of people who, due to certain characteristics or circumstances, have an increased risk of a particular disease or problem.
- Haushaltsänderung
A budget amendment is an adjustment to the budget of a person, household, or organization to account for changed financial circumstances or priorities.
- Quälerei
Torment
- abändern
to modify, to alter, to change
- kriegen
to get
- an den Bettelstab bringen
To bring someone to ruin
- nachwandeln
To adapt, to modify
- zufällig
random
- unfreiwillig
Involuntary, unwilling
- mildernd
mitigating
- allfällig
If applicable, eventual
- realisierbar
Feasible
- situativ
Situational
- Verfremdungseffekt
The alienation effect is a theatrical technique designed to alienate the audience to stimulate critical thinking by breaking the illusion of reality.
- Notlandung
Emergency landing
- Anpassung
Adaptation
- Retronym
Retronym
- Deminution
Deminution means a reduction or decrease, often in a legal context.
- Gemeinwesen
community
- Gesamtlage
Overall situation
- Flugabsagen
Flight cancellations
- Billigkeit
Fairness
- Lebensumstand
Living condition
- modifizieren
to modify, to alter
- taktieren
To strategize
- auferziehen
To raise someone means to bring them up and educate them, often after a loss or difficult circumstances.
- akkommodieren
accommodate
- beeinflussbar
Influencable, susceptible
- vertretbar
Defensible
- Situation
Situation
- Hintergrund
Background
- Extrembedingung
Extreme condition
- Schießbefehl
Order to fire
- Sonderstellung
Special status
- Zusammenfall
coincidence, concurrence of events, often with negative consequences.
- die Rechnung ohne den Wirt machen
To count one's chickens before they hatch
- ein frühes Grab finden
To meet an early grave
- gegeben
Given
- gleichmütig
Equanimous
- etwaig
Possible, potential
- relativ
Relative
- geändert
Changed means that something has been made different from before; a change has been made.
- allenfallsig
Contingent
- Umstand
Circumstance
- Koinzidenz
Coincidence
- Gerichtsmedizin
forensic medicine
- Getue
fuss, ado
- No-Go
No-go
- Machtlosigkeit
Powerlessness
Example sentences with “Umstände”
Unter diesen Umständen ist das unmöglich. (Under these circumstances, that is impossible.)
Frequently asked questions
Is it plural?
Yes, 'die Umstände'.