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umlegen

Pronunciation: /ˈʊmˌleːɡən/

“umlegen” is a German word. Its 12 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to tilt, to lay flat
  2. to apportion; to divide
  3. to flip
  4. to shift, to move
  5. to change
  6. to re-lay
  7. to transfer, to move
  8. to put on
  9. to kill, off, waste, especially in a planned, clandestine way (by assassination etc.)
  10. to knock down (a wall, an opponent)
  11. to capsize
  12. to lay something around something, e.g. garnish

Etymology

From Middle High German umbelegen, from Old High German umbileggen, from Proto-West Germanic *umbilaggjan. Equivalent to um- + legen. Cognate to Dutch omleggen.

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