linsen
German, verb
linsen is spelled L-I-N-S-E-N (6 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Linsen is a German verb meaning “to peek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Linsen is a different word: “plural of Linse”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “möglichst unauffällig hinsehen”.
What does linsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to peek
noun
- 1
plural of Linse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. möglichst unauffällig hinsehen
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 linsen
- linst present singular third-person
- linste past
- gelinst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- linsend participle present
- linse first-person indicative present
- linsest second-person singular subjunctive
- linset plural second-person subjunctive
- linsten first-person indicative plural
- linstest indicative preterite second-person
- linstet indicative plural preterite
- lins imperative second-person singular
- habe gelinst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gelinst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- lins! imperative singular
- linse! imperative singular
- linst! imperative plural
- gelinst haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to linsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is linsen in German?
linsen appears 3.7 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).