herumwirbeln
German, verb
herumwirbeln is spelled H-E-R-U-M-W-I-R-B-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herumwirbeln is a German verb meaning “to swirl, to twirl, to whirl around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herumwirbeln is a different word: “gerund of herumwirbeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas in eine rotierende Bewegung versetzen”.
What does herumwirbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swirl, to twirl, to whirl around
- 2
to twirl, to rotate rapidly, to spin around
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herumwirbeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas in eine rotierende Bewegung versetzen 2. sich im Kreis oder rotierend bewegen
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 herumwirbeln
- wirbelt herum present singular third-person
- wirbelte herum past
- herumgewirbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- herumwirbelnd participle present
- herumzuwirbeln infinitive infinitive-zu
- wirble herum first-person indicative present
- wirbele herum first-person indicative present
- wirbel herum first-person indicative present
- wirbeln herum first-person indicative plural
- wirbelst herum indicative present second-person
- wirbelest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- wirblest herum second-person singular subjunctive
- wirbelet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- wirblet herum plural second-person subjunctive
- wirbelten herum first-person indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to herumwirbeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is herumwirbeln in German?
herumwirbeln appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).