schwirren
German, verb[ˈʃvɪʁən]
schwirren is spelled S-C-H-W-I-R-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwirren is a German verb meaning “to buzz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit surrendem, zitterndem Geräusch schnell durch die Luft bewegen”.
What does schwirren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to buzz
- 2
to whirr
- 3
to twang
- 4
to whiz
- 5
to whirl around (in one's head)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit surrendem, zitterndem Geräusch schnell durch die Luft 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 schwirren
- schwirrt present singular third-person
- schwirrte past
- geschwirrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schwirrend participle present
- schwirre first-person indicative present
- schwirrst indicative present second-person
- schwirrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwirret plural second-person subjunctive
- schwirrten first-person indicative plural
- schwirrtest indicative preterite second-person
- schwirrtet indicative plural preterite
- schwirr imperative second-person singular
- schwirr! imperative singular
- schwirre! imperative singular
- schwirrt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwirren?
- [ˈʃvɪʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwirren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwirren in German?
schwirren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).