umkehren

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German

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʊmˌkeːʁən]
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  • Hyphenation: um‧keh‧ren

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to turn around [auxiliary sein]
    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 [auxiliary haben]
    Und so kehrt man den Stromkreislauf um.And this is how you reverse the circuit.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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