kehren

• IPA^(key): /ˈkeːrən/, [ˈkeː.ʁən], [ˈkeː.ɐn], [keːɐ̯n], [kɛɐ̯n]

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• Rhymes: -eːʀən
• Homophone: Kern (monosyllabic with shortened vowel)

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German kerian, kerien, from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). See char. Cognate with Hunsrik keere.

kehren (weak, third-person singular present kehrt, past tense kehrte, past participle gekehrt, auxiliary haben)

1. to sweep

   Synonym: fegen

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• auskehren (“to sweep, sweep out”) (South Germany)
• Kehricht
• Kehrbesen, Kehrblech, Kehrschaufel

• umkehren, verkehren

From Middle High German kēren, from Old High German kēran, from Proto-Germanic *karjaną.

kehren (weak, third-person singular present kehrt, past tense kehrte, past participle gekehrt, auxiliary haben)

1. (archaic, still in Switzerland) to turn (change the direction of movement)
2. (reflexive) to care about

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• kehrtmachen
• umdrehen
• wenden

• “kehren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “kehren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “kehren” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “kehren (reinigen, putzen)” in Duden online
• “kehren (umdrehen, wenden)” in Duden online