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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