blinzeln
German, verb/ˈblɪnt͡sl̩n/
blinzeln is spelled B-L-I-N-Z-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blinzeln is a German verb meaning “to squint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Augen mehrmals ganz kurz schließen und wieder öffnen”.
What does blinzeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to squint
- 2
to blink
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Augen mehrmals ganz kurz schließen und wieder öffnen
noun: 1. Handlung, zu blinzeln
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 blinzeln
- blinzelt present singular third-person
- blinzelte past
- geblinzelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- blinzelnd participle present
- blinzle first-person indicative present
- blinzele first-person indicative present
- blinzel first-person indicative present
- blinzelst indicative present second-person
- blinzelest second-person singular subjunctive
- blinzlest second-person singular subjunctive
- blinzelet plural second-person subjunctive
- blinzlet plural second-person subjunctive
- blinzelten first-person indicative plural
- blinzeltest indicative preterite second-person
- blinzeltet indicative plural preterite
- blinzle! imperative singular
- blinzele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce blinzeln?
- /ˈblɪnt͡sl̩n/
- [ˈblɪnt͡sl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to blinzeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is blinzeln in German?
blinzeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).