fensterln
German, verb
fensterln is spelled F-E-N-S-T-E-R-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fensterln is a German verb meaning “to visit a girl, who is the object of one's affections, at night either by coming to her window or by climbing through it into her room” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fensterln is a different word: “gerund of fensterln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Nacht heimlich ein Mädchen durch das Fenster besuchen”.
What does fensterln mean in English?
verb
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandto visit a girl, who is the object of one's affections, at night either by coming to her window or by climbing through it into her room
noun
- 1
neutergerund of fensterln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in der Nacht heimlich ein Mädchen durch das Fenster besuchen
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 fensterln
- fensterlt present singular third-person
- fensterlte past
- gefensterlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fensterlnd participle present
- fensterle first-person indicative present
- fensterlen first-person plural subjunctive
- fensterlst indicative present second-person
- fensterlest second-person singular subjunctive
- fensterlet plural second-person subjunctive
- fensterlten first-person indicative plural
- fensterltest indicative preterite second-person
- fensterltet indicative plural preterite
- fensterl imperative second-person singular
- fensterle! imperative singular
- fensterlt! imperative plural
- gefensterlt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu fensterln active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is fensterln in German?
fensterln appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).