umlegen

From Middle High German umbelegen, from Old High German umbileggen, from Proto-West Germanic *umbilaggjan. Equivalent to um- +‎ legen. Cognate to Dutch omleggen.

• IPA^(key): /ʊmˈleːɡn̩/
• Hyphenation: um‧le‧gen

umlegen (weak, third-person singular present umlegt, past tense umlegte, past participle umlegt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to garnish (to lay something around something, chiefly dishes)

   Der Braten war mit Kartoffeln umlegt. ― The roast was garnished with potatoes.

• Umlegen
• umlegt

um- +‎ legen

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊmˌleːɡn̩/

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• Hyphenation: um‧le‧gen

umlegen (weak, third-person singular present legt um, past tense legte um, past participle umgelegt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to tilt, to lay flat
2. (transitive, of costs) to apportion; to divide
3. (transitive, of a switch, card) to flip
4. (transitive) to move
   1. (of a lever) to shift, to move
   2. (of an appointment) to change
   3. (of a cable etc.) to re-lay
   4. (of a patient) to transfer, to move
5. (transitive, of a necklace, scarf, coat etc.) to put on
6. (transitive, slang) to kill or murder; to waste
7. (transitive) to knock down (a wall, an opponent)
8. (reflexive) to capsize

• Umlegen, Umleger, Umlegung
• umgelegt, umlegbar

• Umlegekragen

• “umlegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “umlegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “umlegen (separable verb)” in Duden online
• “umlegen (inseparable verb)” in Duden online