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Die Mitarbeiterin am Schalter bucht Emil auf einen Flug am nächsten Morgen um. The agent at the desk rebooks Emil onto a flight the next morning.

verb · B2

umbuchen

[ˈʊmˌbuːxn̩]

to rebook, to change a booking

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es bucht um What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es buchte um The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat umgebucht The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich buche umbuchte umhabe umgebucht
du buchst umbuchtest umhast umgebucht
er/sie/es bucht umbuchte umhat umgebucht
wir buchen umbuchten umhaben umgebucht
ihr bucht umbuchtet umhabt umgebucht
sie/Sie buchen umbuchten umhaben umgebucht
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte umgebuchtwerde umbuchenwerde umgebucht haben
du hattest umgebuchtwirst umbuchenwirst umgebucht haben
er/sie/es hatte umgebuchtwird umbuchenwird umgebucht haben
wir hatten umgebuchtwerden umbuchenwerden umgebucht haben
ihr hattet umgebuchtwerdet umbuchenwerdet umgebucht haben
sie/Sie hatten umgebuchtwerden umbuchenwerden umgebucht haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich buchte um
du buchtest um
er/sie/es buchte um
wir buchten um
ihr buchtet um
sie/Sie buchten um
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde umbuchen.

Person Imperativ
du buch um!
ihr bucht um!
Sie buchen Sie um!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

um prefix buch root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

In Otti's situations: Emil's flight is cancelled

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