eiern
German, verb
eiern is spelled E-I-E-R-N (5 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eiern is a German verb meaning “to wobble (of a wheel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eiern is a different word: “dative plural of Ei”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht kreisrund laufen, rotieren”.
What does eiern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto wobble (of a wheel)
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Ei
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nicht kreisrund laufen, rotieren 2. unsachlich, unschlüssig, mit Ausreden, Ausflüchten, Scheinargumenten argumentieren 3. unsicher zu Fuß sein, oftmals aufgrund von Alkoholkonsum
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 eiern
- eiert present singular third-person
- eierte past
- geeiert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- eiernd participle present
- eire first-person indicative present
- eiere first-person indicative present
- eier first-person indicative present
- eierst indicative present second-person
- eierest second-person singular subjunctive
- eirest second-person singular subjunctive
- eieret plural second-person subjunctive
- eiret plural second-person subjunctive
- eierten first-person indicative plural
- eiertest indicative preterite second-person
- eiertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eiern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eiern in German?
eiern appears 6.3 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).