umkehren

== German == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): [ˈʊmˌkeːʁən] Hyphenation: um‧keh‧ren === Verb === umkehren (weak, third-person singular present kehrt um, past tense kehrte um, past participle umgekehrt, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive) to turn around [auxiliary sein] Ich glaube, es wäre besser, umzukehren. ― I think it would be better to turn around. (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Umkehren, Umkehrer, Umkehrung, Umkehr umgekehrt, umkehrend, umkehrbar ==== Related terms ==== Umkehrbarkeit auskehren verkehren === Further reading === “umkehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “umkehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “umkehren” in Duden online “umkehren” in OpenThesaurus.de