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Umgang

dealings

noun UM-gang Less Common
People & Society Relationships

Also means

contact

Usage Note

Umgang describes how one handles people or things, as in der Umgang mit Kindern ('dealing with children') and im Umgang mit ('when handling'). It is largely uncountable and abstract. Note the unrelated separable verb umgehen ('to deal with').

Examples

"Der Umgang mit Geld will gelernt sein."

Natural Translation

Handling money has to be learned.

Literal Translation

The handling with money wants learned be.

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