drehen
See also: Drehen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German dræjen, dræhen, from Old High German drāen (akin to Old Saxon thrāian), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. Cognate with Dutch draaien.
Pronunciation
Verb
drehen (weak, third-person singular present dreht, past tense drehte, past participle gedreht, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to turn
- Dreh den Spiegel etwas nach links!
- Turn the mirror a little to the left!
- (reflexive) to turn (one’s body), turn around
- Dreh dich mal etwas nach links!
- Turn a little to the left!
- (transitive) to roll, twist, make something revolve, rotate
- (reflexive) to revolve, rotate, spin
- Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne.
- The earth revolves around the sun.
- (film, transitive or intransitive) to shoot
- Wir drehen, bis alles im Kasten ist.
- We’re shooting until it’s all in the can.
- (smoking, transitive or intransitive) to roll
- (automobile, intransitive) to make a u-turn, turn around
- Ich drehe hier mal, bei dem Verkehr nehmen wir besser die Landstraße.
- I’m going to turn around here, in this kind of traffic we better take the country road.
- (table football, intransitive) to let go of the handle while shooting, causing the pole to spin
- Das zählt nicht, du hast gedreht!
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- to shape with a lathe
Conjugation
infinitive | drehen | ||||
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present participle | drehend | ||||
past participle | gedreht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich drehe | wir drehen | i | ich drehe | wir drehen |
du drehst | ihr dreht | du drehest | ihr drehet | ||
er dreht | sie drehen | er drehe | sie drehen | ||
preterite | ich drehte | wir drehten | ii | ich drehte1 | wir drehten1 |
du drehtest | ihr drehtet | du drehtest1 | ihr drehtet1 | ||
er drehte | sie drehten | er drehte1 | sie drehten1 | ||
imperative | dreh (du) drehe (du) |
dreht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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