umwerfen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German umbewerfen. Equivalent to um- +‎ werfen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: um‧wer‧fen

Verb

umwerfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirft um, past tense warf um, past participle umgeworfen, past subjunctive würfe um, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to knock over
    Synonym: umhauen
    Sabine hat die Vase umgeworfen, als sie nach der Zeitung griff.Sabine knocked over the vase when she was reaching for the newspaper.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to throw someone, to take aback, to stun
    Synonym: umhauen
    Diese Nachrichten warfen ihn um.He was taken aback by this news.
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to change something fundamentally, to overturn, to rethink
    Jetzt müssen wir die ganze Planung umwerfen.Now we have have to overturn the whole plan.
  4. (transitive, of clothing) to throw on
    Ich werf' mir noch schnell einen Schal um und dann können wir los.I'll quickly throw on a scarf and then we're ready to leave.

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Further reading

  • umwerfen” in Duden online
  • umwerfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache