umarmt

Umarmt is the past participle and an attributive adjective form of the German verb umarmen, meaning to embrace or to hug. It is used to describe the act of hugging or the state resulting from a hug. As a main verb, umarmen forms the perfect tense with the auxiliary haben, for example: Ich habe dich umarmt. The simple past tense is umarmte (ich umarmte, er umarmte). As an adjective, umarmt can modify a noun to indicate that someone or something has been hugged, for example: ein umarmter Freund. In passive constructions the participle can appear with werden, as in Er ist von seinen Freunden umarmt worden.

Etymology and form: umarmt derives from the separable-prefix verb umarmen, formed from um- plus armen (to arm in a figurative sense of encircling with the arms). In modern usage the prefix remains attached in the participle, yielding umarmt. The form is commonly used in everyday German, across spoken and written registers.

Usage and examples:

- Present: Wir umarmen uns jeden Tag.

- Perfect: Ich habe sie heute umarmt.

- Adjective use: der umarmte Mann (the man who has been hugged)

- Passive-like construction: Er ist von seinen Freunden umarmt worden.

See also: umarmen, Umarmung. In translation, umarmt is often rendered as “hugged” or “embraced” in English, depending on tense and voice.