kehren

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkeːrən/, [ˈkeː.ʁən], [ˈkeː.ɐn], [keːɐ̯n], [kɛɐ̯n] Rhymes: -eːʀən Homophone: Kern (monosyllabic with shortened vowel) === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German keren, kern, from Old High German kerian, kerien, from Proto-Germanic *karjaną. ==== Verb ==== kehren (weak, third-person singular present kehrt, past tense kehrte, past participle gekehrt, auxiliary haben) to sweep Synonym: fegen ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German kēren, from Old High German kēren, from Proto-Germanic *kaizwijaną. See char. Cognate with Hunsrik keere. ==== Verb ==== kehren (weak, third-person singular present kehrt, past tense kehrte, past participle gekehrt, auxiliary haben) (archaic outside Switzerland) to turn (change the direction of movement) (reflexive) to care about [with an (+ accusative)] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Synonyms ===== umkehren kehrtmachen umdrehen wenden ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “kehren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “kehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “kehren” in OpenThesaurus.de “kehren (reinigen, putzen)” in Duden online “kehren (umdrehen, wenden)” in Duden online