wankend
German, adjective[ˈvaŋkn̩t]
wankend is spelled W-A-N-K-E-N-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wankend is a German adjective meaning “wavering, staggering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of wanken.
What does wankend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wavering, staggering
ein wankender Turm
verb
- 1
present participle of wanken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of wankend
- wankender masculine nominative singular
- wankende feminine nominative singular
- wankendes neuter nominative singular
- wankenden genitive masculine singular
- wankendem dative masculine singular
- der wankende definite includes-article masculine
- die wankende definite feminine includes-article
- das wankende definite includes-article neuter
- die wankenden definite includes-article nominative
- des wankenden definite genitive includes-article
- der wankenden definite feminine genitive
- dem wankenden dative definite includes-article
- den wankenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce wankend?
- [ˈvaŋkn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to wankend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wankend in German?
wankend appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).