umwerfen.
to knock over
Meaning & usage
to knock over
Sabine hat die Vase umgeworfen, als sie nach der Zeitung griff.
to throw someone, to take aback, to stun
Diese Nachrichten warfen ihn um.
to change something fundamentally, to overturn, to rethink
Jetzt müssen wir die ganze Planung umwerfen.
to throw on
Ich werf' mir noch schnell einen Schal um und dann können wir los.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German umbewerfen. By surface analysis, um- + werfen.
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