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kehren

(verb)

Meanings

1.
to sweep the floor
(It used to be about an idea of "turning", but it's narrowed down to "turning" the broom. The original idea is still alive in the prefix versions, though.)

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Word of the Day - "kehren"

A fun look at the meaning of "kehren" and what cleaning has to do with traffic, mistakes, Jedi knights and ... sex. Yup... all those things :)

Vocab:

kehren, umkehren, der Verkehr, verkehrt herum, die Rückkehr, bekehren


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