oszillieren
German, verb/ˌɔstsɪˈliːʁən/
oszillieren is spelled O-S-Z-I-L-L-I-E-R-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oszillieren is a German verb meaning “to oscillate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “periodische (zeitbezogen) Änderung einer Größe um einen Fixpunkt herum, schwingen, schwanken, pendeln”.
What does oszillieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to oscillate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. periodische (zeitbezogen) Änderung einer Größe um einen Fixpunkt herum, schwingen, schwanken, pendeln 2. durch Tektonik auf- und abwärts bewegen 3. sich zwischen zwei Eigenschaften 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 oszillieren
- oszilliert present singular third-person
- oszillierte past
- haben auxiliary
- oszillierend participle present
- oszilliere first-person indicative present
- oszillierst indicative present second-person
- oszillierest second-person singular subjunctive
- oszillieret plural second-person subjunctive
- oszillierten first-person indicative plural
- oszilliertest indicative preterite second-person
- oszilliertet indicative plural preterite
- oszillier imperative second-person singular
- habe oszilliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben oszilliert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- oszilliere! imperative singular
- oszillier! imperative singular
- oszilliert! imperative plural
- oszilliert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oszillieren?
- /ˌɔstsɪˈliːʁən/
- [ɔst͡sɪˈliːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oszillieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oszillieren in German?
oszillieren appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).