umkehren

Meaning

to turn back

Example

We had to turn back because of the weather.

Word forms

More words at level C1

• unwahrscheinlich unlikely
• verdanken to owe (something to someone)
• versagen to fail; to give out
• verschaffen to get, to obtain (for someone)
• verschwenden to waste
• versetzen to transfer, to move
• verteidigen to defend
• verwandeln to transform, to turn into

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