Wink
German, noun
Wink is a German masculine noun meaning “wave (a loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wink is a different word: “singular imperative of winken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Zeichen mit Auge, Kopf, Hand oder Finger gegeben”.
What does Wink mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewave (a loose back-and-forth movement, as of the hands)
- 2
masculinesign
- 3
masculinehint, cue, suggestion
verb
- 1
singular imperative of winken
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of winken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Zeichen mit Auge, Kopf, Hand oder Finger gegeben 2. eine Art versteckter oder aber auch sehr offensichtlicher Hinweis
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Wink
- Winks genitive
- Winkes genitive
- Winke plural
- Winken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wink
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wink in German?
Wink appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).