umkehren

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German ummekēren, umbekēren, from Old High German umbikēren, from Proto-West Germanic *umbikaʀʀjan. Equivalent to um- (round) +‎ kehren (turn). Cognate with Middle Low German ümmekēren, Dutch omkeren, Old English ymbċierran (to turn about, revolve).

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  • Hyphenation: um‧keh‧ren

Verb

umkehren (weak, third-person singular present kehrt um, past tense kehrte um, past participle umgekehrt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to turn around
    Ich glaube, es wäre besser, umzukehren.I think it would be better to turn around.
  2. (transitive) to turn around something, to invert, to reverse
    Und so kehrt man den Stromkreislauf um.And this is how you reverse the circuit.

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Further reading

  • umkehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • umkehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • umkehren” in Duden online
  • umkehren” in OpenThesaurus.de