Verb

konvertieren

Translation

to convert

Er ist zum Christentum konvertiert.

He converted to Christianity.

Ich muss die Datei in ein PDF konvertieren.

I have to convert the file into a PDF.

Man kann hier Euro in Dollar konvertieren.

You can convert euros to dollars here.

((sth.)) ((into sth.)) to convert (sth.) (into sth.) I'm converting the document into a Word format.

((to sth.)) to convert (to a religion, etc.) She converted to Buddhism.

umwandeln (to transform), umrechnen (to convert currency/units)

From Latin 'convertere' (to turn around), from 'con-' (together) + 'vertere' (to turn).

Looks and sounds just like the English 'convert'. Think of converting a file, converting currency, or converting to a new belief.