umwerfen
[ˈʊmˌvɛʁfn̩] verb C2- 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.
- to throw someone, to take aback, to stun · Diese Nachrichten warfen ihn um. He was taken aback by this news.
- to change something fundamentally, to overturn, to rethink · Jetzt müssen wir die ganze Planung umwerfen. Now we have have to overturn the whole plan.
- 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.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- umwerfen
- Present (er)
- wirft um
- Präteritum (er)
- warf um
- Perfekt (er)
- hat umgeworfen
- Infinitive with zu
- umzuwerfen
A strong or irregular verb: its stem changes in some forms, so learn its main forms by heart.
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