wimmeln
German, verb
wimmeln is spelled W-I-M-M-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wimmeln is a German verb meaning “to move about in a confused manner and in large numbers” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wimmeln is a different word: “gerund of wimmeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich wild, ungeordnet durcheinander bewegen”.
What does wimmeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move about in a confused manner and in large numbers
Die Fische wimmeln im Netz herum.
- 2
to teem, crawl, be filled
Die Stadt wimmelt von Touristen.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wimmeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich wild, ungeordnet durcheinander bewegen 2. von vielen Dingen oder Lebewesen erfüllt, durchsetzt sein 3. viele, sich durcheinander bewegende Lebewesen vorhanden sein
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 wimmeln
- wimmelt present singular third-person
- wimmelte past
- gewimmelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wimmelnd participle present
- wimmle first-person indicative present
- wimmele first-person indicative present
- wimmel first-person indicative present
- wimmelst indicative present second-person
- wimmelest second-person singular subjunctive
- wimmlest second-person singular subjunctive
- wimmelet plural second-person subjunctive
- wimmlet plural second-person subjunctive
- wimmelten first-person indicative plural
- wimmeltest indicative preterite second-person
- wimmeltet indicative plural preterite
- wimmel! imperative singular
- wimmle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wimmeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wimmeln in German?
wimmeln appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).