umorganisieren

Umorganisieren is a German verb meaning to reorganize, rearrange or restructure. It denotes the act of changing the arrangement, structure or allocation of people, tasks, resources or physical spaces and is commonly used in business, administration and everyday contexts.

The word is formed from the prefix um- and the verb organisieren. In usage the prefix um- is typically separable, so in finite clauses the part um appears at the end (for example, Wir organisieren die Abteilung um). Conjugation follows regular weak-verb patterns: ich umorganisiere, er umorganisierte, hat umorganisiert. The past participle umorganisiert is used in perfect tenses and as an adjective.

Semantically it overlaps with verbs such as reorganisieren, neu organisieren and umstrukturieren; umorganisieren often implies practical or procedural rearrangement rather than broader strategic change. Common derived forms include the noun Umorganisation (reorganization) and compounds that specify the object of change (e.g., Teamumorganisierung).

Register is neutral to formal; the term is widespread in corporate, institutional and colloquial speech. Usage notes include attention to word order in German clauses because of the separable prefix and the availability of near-synonyms that may better convey nuance (structural vs. procedural change).