"circumvent" in German to circumvent etw. umgehen verhindern unterlaufen Detailed translations for "circumvent" to circumvent to circumvent(also: to avoid sth., to evade sth., to get round /around sth., to sidestep sth.) etw. umgehen to circumvent(also: to hinder, to evade sth., to thwart, to forbid {forbade, forbad) verhindern to circumvent(also: to frustrate, to evade sth., to foil a plan, to thwart) unterlaufen{transitive verb}