bisweilen
German, adverb[bɪsˈvaɪ̯lən]
bisweilen is spelled B-I-S-W-E-I-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisweilen is a German adverb meaning “sometimes, occasionally, from time to time, now and then” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterschiedlich häufig, mehr oder minder oft”.
What does bisweilen mean in English?
adverb
- 1
sometimes, occasionally, from time to time, now and then
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. unterschiedlich häufig, mehr oder minder oft 2. bis jetzt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce bisweilen?
- [bɪsˈvaɪ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bisweilen in German?
bisweilen appears 6.0 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).