umwerfen

German

Etymology

um- + werfen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊmˌvɛʁfn̩]
  • (file)
  • 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
    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, of clothing) to throw on

Conjugation

Further reading

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