umwenden

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊmvɛndn̩/

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• Hyphenation: um‧wen‧den

umwenden (irregular weak or weak, third-person singular present wendet um, past tense wandte um or wendete um, past participle umgewandt or umgewendet, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive) to turn over; to turn inside out [auxiliary haben]
2. (intransitive) to turn around, to go back (when traveling) [auxiliary haben or sein]
3. (reflexive) to turn around (of one's body) [auxiliary haben]
   • 1960, Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Gespenster:

     Da erst nahm sie die Hände aus dem heißen Waschwasser, wandte sich um und sah ihn an.

     Then she took her hands out of the hot dishwater, turned around and looked at him.

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• “umwenden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “umwenden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “umwenden” in Duden online