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umwerfen
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See also: Umwerfen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German umbewerfen. By surface analysis, um- + werfen.
Pronunciation
Verb
umwerfen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present wirft um, past tense warf um, past participle umgeworfen, past subjunctive würfe um, auxiliary haben)
- (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.
- (transitive, figuratively) to throw someone, to take aback, to stun
- Synonym: umhauen
- Diese Nachrichten warfen ihn um. ― He was taken aback by this news.
- (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.
- (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.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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