German edit

Etymology edit

um- +‎ werfen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʊmˌvɛʁfn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: um‧wer‧fen

Verb edit

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 edit

Further reading edit

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