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festzurren

German, verb[ˈfɛstˌt͡sʊʁən]

festzurren is spelled F-E-S-T-Z-U-R-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 261,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festzurren is a German verb meaning “to lash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas ruckartig festziehen und festmachen”.

What does festzurren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to lash

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas ruckartig festziehen und festmachen 2. eine Sache in seinen Grenzen festlegen und gegen Veränderung absichern

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 festzurren

  • zurrt fest present singular third-person
  • zurrte fest past
  • festgezurrt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • festzurrend participle present
  • festzuzurren infinitive infinitive-zu
  • zurre fest first-person indicative present
  • zurren fest first-person indicative plural
  • zurrst fest indicative present second-person
  • zurrest fest second-person singular subjunctive
  • zurret fest plural second-person subjunctive
  • zurrten fest first-person indicative plural
  • zurrtest fest indicative preterite second-person
  • zurrtet fest indicative plural preterite
  • zurr fest! imperative singular
  • zurre fest! imperative singular
  • zurrt fest! imperative plural
  • festgezurrt haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce festzurren?

  • [ˈfɛstˌt͡sʊʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is festzurren in German?

festzurren appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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