"turn away" in German to turn away abkehren wegwenden abweisen wegschicken sich abwenden Detailed translations for "turn away" to turn away 1. general to turn away abkehren to turn away(also: turning away) wegwenden to turn away(also: to rebuff, to repulse, to refuse sth., to spurn) abweisen to turn away(also: to send out) wegschicken{transitive verb} 2. from to turn away(also: to turn one's back) sich abwenden{verb} Too many people in France and England and this country want to turn away and hide, but, believe me, Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Zu viele Menschen in Frankreich und England und in diesem Land wollen sich abwenden und verstecken,