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umkehren

turn back

verb OOM-kay-ren Less Common
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

reverse direction

Usage Note

umkehren means to turn around and go back the way you came, separable: wir kehren um. Movement use takes sein; it differs from wenden, which is steering the vehicle around rather than abandoning the journey.

Examples

"Wegen des Sturms mussten die Wanderer umkehren."

Natural Translation

Because of the storm the hikers had to turn back.

Literal Translation

Because of-the storm must the hikers turn-back.

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