Sentences with German verb drehen ⟨Passive⟩

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Present

  • Alles dreht sich. 
    English Everything is spinning.
  • Ich drehe einen Film. 
    English I'm making a movie.
  • Der Wind dreht sich. 
    English The wind is shifting.
  • Warum dreht sich die Erde? 
    English Why does the Earth spin?
  • Die Erde dreht sich im Weltraum. 
    English The Earth rotates in space.
  • Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne. 
    English The earth goes around the sun.
  • Die Erde dreht sich von Westen nach Osten. 
    English The Earth rotates from west to east.
  • Die Welt dreht sich nicht um dich. 
    English The world doesn't revolve around you.
  • Also, übersetzt du jetzt oder drehst du nur Daumen? 
    English So are you translating or twiddling your thumbs?
  • Er dreht sich zu seiner Mandantin. 
    English He turns to his client.

Imperfect

  • Tom drehte den Schlüssel. 
    English Tom turned the key.
  • Tom drehte sich auf den Rücken. 
    English Tom rolled on his back.
  • Tom drehte den Handgriff. 
    English Tom turned the handle.
  • Sie drehten den Film in einer wirklichen Wüste. 
    English They shot the film in an actual desert.
  • Ich drehte am Türgriff. 
    English I turned the doorknob.
  • Tom drehte am Türknauf. 
    English Tom turned the knob.

Present Subj.

  • Drehe den Schlüssel nach rechts. 
    English Turn the key to the right.
  • Drehe die Flamme auf klein. 
    English Turn the flame down low.

Imperf. Subj.

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Imperative

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Infinitive

  • Tom ließ den Basketball auf seinem Finger drehen . 
    English Tom twirled the basketball on his finger.
  • Wir müssen das Auto nur drehen , dann passt es schon in die Lücke. 
    English We just need to turn the car, then it will fit in the space.

Participle

  • Der Wind hat gedreht . 
    English The wind has turned.
  • Wer hat eigentlich den ersten Spielfilm gedreht ? 
    English Who actually directed the first feature film?
  • Der Holzteller ist nicht ganz sauber gedreht worden. 
    English The wooden plate has not been turned completely clean.
  • Die Außenaufnahmen wurden in Marokko gedreht . 
    English The outdoor shots were filmed in Morocco.
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Indicative

Examples sentences for realis mood Passive for drehen

  • Alles dreht sich. 
    English Everything is spinning.
  • Ich drehe einen Film. 
    English I'm making a movie.
  • Der Wind dreht sich. 
    English The wind is shifting.
  • Warum dreht sich die Erde? 
    English Why does the Earth spin?
  • Die Erde dreht sich im Weltraum. 
    English The Earth rotates in space.
  • Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne. 
    English The earth goes around the sun.
  • Die Erde dreht sich von Westen nach Osten. 
    English The Earth rotates from west to east.
  • Tom drehte den Schlüssel. 
    English Tom turned the key.
  • Tom drehte sich auf den Rücken. 
    English Tom rolled on his back.
  • Die Welt dreht sich nicht um dich. 
    English The world doesn't revolve around you.
  • Also, übersetzt du jetzt oder drehst du nur Daumen? 
    English So are you translating or twiddling your thumbs?
  • Tom drehte den Handgriff. 
    English Tom turned the handle.
  • Er dreht sich zu seiner Mandantin. 
    English He turns to his client.
  • Die Tür dreht sich in der Angel. 
    English The door rotates on the hinge.
  • Sie drehten den Film in einer wirklichen Wüste. 
    English They shot the film in an actual desert.
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Subjunctive

Usage for conjunctive mood Passive for drehen

  • Drehe den Schlüssel nach rechts. 
    English Turn the key to the right.
  • Drehe die Flamme auf klein. 
    English Turn the flame down low.
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Conditional (würde)

Conditional (würde)

Imperative

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Translation of German drehen

German drehen
English turn, spin, rotate, shoot, twist, involve, lens, pivot
Russian вертеть, вращать, вращаться, крутиться, крутить, поворачивать, снимать, вертеться
Spanish girar, rotar, dar vueltas, rodar, torcer, virar, enroscar, filmar
French tourner, faire tourner, filmer, tordre, bouger, charioter, cordeler, corder
Turkish dönmek, çevirmek, sarmak, döndürmek, dönme, dönüş, film çevirmek, çekim yapmak
Portuguese girar, rodar, torcer, virar, enrolar, filmar, dar a volta, rotacionar
Italian girare, ruotare, torcere, voltare, arrotolare, attorcigliare, attorcigliarsi, girarsi
Romanian răsuci, toarce, turna, filma, roti, se roti, tăiere, îndepărtare
Hungarian forgat, forog, esztergál, fordít, sodor, csavarni, filmezés, fonni
Polish kręcić, obracać, obrócić, skręcać, nakręcić, skręcić, kręcić się, kręcić wokół
Greek γυρίζω, αλλάζω κατεύθυνση, περιστρέφομαι, στρίβω, στρέφω, περιστροφή, στρίψιμο
Dutch draaien, de steven wenden, fiksen, filmen, flikken, keren, maken, misdoen
Czech otáčet, točit, balit, natočit, natáčet, natáčettočit, otočit, smotat
Swedish vrida, rotera, inspela, snurra runt, spela in, svarva, svänga, svänga på
Danish dreje, optage, dreje sig, filme, rulle, vende, vende sig, snurre
Japanese 回す, 回転する, 撮影する, 向く, 回る, 針路を変える, ねじる, 切削
Catalan girar, rodar, rotar, polir, tornejar, trenar, virar, enrotllar
Finnish kääntää, pyörittää, kuvata, kääntyä, pyöriä, filmata, kiertyä, kiertää
Norwegian dreie, innspille, snu, ta opp, rotere, snurre, filme, vri
Basque biratu, biraketa, filmatu, grabatu, sokakatu
Serbian vrteti, okrenuti, okretati, okretati se, preplesti, rotirati, snimati, vrteti se
Macedonian вртете, вртам, вртат, плетете, сечете, снимање
Slovenian odstranjevanje, preplesti, snemati, vrteti, vrteti se
Slowakisch odstraňovať triesky, otáčať, otáčať sa, pretočenie, točiť, zákrut
Bosnian okretati, okretati se, preliti, rotirati, snimati, uviti
Croatian okrenuti, okretati, okretati se, preliti, rotirati, snimati, uviti, vrtjeti
Ukrainian крутити, обертати, знімати (відео), знімати, знімати стружку, обертатися, переплітати, скручувати
Bulgarian въртя, въртя се, заснемане, изрязване, обработване, усуквам
Belorussian круціць, завіваць, здымаць, здымаць стружку, круціцца
Hebrewסובב، סיבוב، לסובב، לצלם
Arabicأدار، أدار - لف، برم، دار، دار - التف، صور، صَوَّرَ (فيلم)، قلب
Persianچرخاندن، چرخیدن، گرداندن، گردیدن، بافتن، فیلمبرداری، چرخش
Urduگھمانا، بُننا، فلم بنانا، چکنا، گھومنا

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* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 2212, 316002, 33640, 33640, 33640, 1205969

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 5594659, 3047040, 6798171, 9039670, 7992770, 792287, 6760948, 892, 5063785, 7637020, 11153015, 5561196, 553432, 1358810, 3887819, 1275308, 7309860, 2750525, 10543959, 1973308

* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 33640, 33640, 33640, 33640, 33640

* Synonyms come partly from OpenThesaurus (openthesaurus.de) and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) license: drehen

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