dazwischenfunken
German, verb[daˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌfʊŋkn̩]
dazwischenfunken is spelled D-A-Z-W-I-S-C-H-E-N-F-U-N-K-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dazwischenfunken is a German verb meaning “to butt in, interject, interrupt, interfere something, e.g. a conversation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch eigenes Einmischen stören und/oder unterbrechen”.
What does dazwischenfunken mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto butt in, interject, interrupt, interfere something, e.g. a conversation.
Kannst du nicht aufhören ständig dazwischenzufunken?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch eigenes Einmischen stören und/oder unterbrechen
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 dazwischenfunken
- funkt dazwischen present singular third-person
- funkte dazwischen past
- dazwischengefunkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dazwischenfunkend participle present
- dazwischenzufunken infinitive infinitive-zu
- funke dazwischen first-person indicative present
- funken dazwischen first-person indicative plural
- funkst dazwischen indicative present second-person
- funkest dazwischen second-person singular subjunctive
- funket dazwischen plural second-person subjunctive
- funkten dazwischen first-person indicative plural
- funktest dazwischen indicative preterite second-person
- funktet dazwischen indicative plural preterite
- funk dazwischen! imperative singular
- funke dazwischen! imperative singular
- funkt dazwischen! imperative plural
- dazwischengefunkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dazwischenfunken?
- [daˈt͡svɪʃn̩ˌfʊŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dazwischenfunken in German?
dazwischenfunken appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).