spiegeln
German, verb
spiegeln is spelled S-P-I-E-G-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spiegeln is a German verb meaning “to mirror” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Spiegeln is a different word: “gerund of spiegeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bild von etwas oder jemandem in einem geeigneten Medium zurückgeben”.
What does spiegeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mirror
noun
- 1
neutergerund of spiegeln
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Spiegel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Bild von etwas oder jemandem in einem geeigneten Medium zurückgeben 2. durch Verhalten oder Auswirkungen erkennbar werden 3. glänzen, scheinen 4. mit einem optischen Instrument – beispielsweise einem Spiegel – untersuchen
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 spiegeln
- spiegelt present singular third-person
- spiegelte past
- gespiegelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- spiegelnd participle present
- spiegle first-person indicative present
- spiegele first-person indicative present
- spiegel first-person indicative present
- spiegelst indicative present second-person
- spiegelest second-person singular subjunctive
- spieglest second-person singular subjunctive
- spiegelet plural second-person subjunctive
- spieglet plural second-person subjunctive
- spiegelten first-person indicative plural
- spiegeltest indicative preterite second-person
- spiegeltet indicative plural preterite
- spiegle! imperative singular
- spiegele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to spiegeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spiegeln in German?
spiegeln appears 4.8 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).