umwerfen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German umbewerfen. By surface analysis, um- +‎ werfen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʊmˌvɛʁfn̩] 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) (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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Umwerfen Umwerfer umwerfend === Further reading === “umwerfen” in Duden online “umwerfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache