Verb

drehen

to turn, to spin, to rotate, to shoot (a film)

Ich drehe den Schlüssel im Schloss.

I turn the key in the lock.

Ich drehe einen Film über Tiere.

I am shooting a film about animals.

Ich drehe mich im Kreis.

I am spinning in a circle.

((sth.)) to turn sth. Ich drehe den Schlüssel.

sich4 to turn (oneself), to spin. Ich drehe mich im Kreis.

((einen Film)) to shoot a film. Sie dreht einen Film.

sich4 ((um et4)) to revolve around sth. Die Erde dreht sich um die Sonne.

Synonyms: wenden (to turn over), rotieren (to rotate).

From Old High German 'drāen', related to the English 'throw' in the sense of a potter's wheel.

Imagine a DJ 'draying' a record to spin it, which sounds like 'drehen'.

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