irrlichtern
German, verb
irrlichtern is spelled I-R-R-L-I-C-H-T-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrlichtern is a German verb meaning “to flit about, to vacillate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Irrlichtern is a different word: “dative plural of Irrlicht”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unstet, unberechenbar oder ziellos bewegen”.
What does irrlichtern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flit about, to vacillate
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Irrlicht
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unstet, unberechenbar oder ziellos 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 irrlichtern
- irrlichtert present singular third-person
- irrlichterte past
- geirrlichtert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- irrlichternd participle present
- irrlichtre first-person indicative present
- irrlichtere first-person indicative present
- irrlichter first-person indicative present
- irrlichterst indicative present second-person
- irrlichterest second-person singular subjunctive
- irrlichtrest second-person singular subjunctive
- irrlichteret plural second-person subjunctive
- irrlichtret plural second-person subjunctive
- irrlichterten first-person indicative plural
- irrlichtertest indicative preterite second-person
- irrlichtertet indicative plural preterite
- irrlichtere! imperative singular
- irrlichtert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is irrlichtern in German?
irrlichtern appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).