wimmern
German, verb
wimmern is spelled W-I-M-M-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wimmern is a German verb meaning “to whimper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wimmern is a different word: “dative plural of Wimmer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “leise Klagelaute von sich geben, kläglich weinen”.
What does wimmern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whimper
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Wimmer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wimmern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. leise Klagelaute von sich geben, kläglich weinen
noun: 1. wimmerndes Geräusch
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 wimmern
- wimmert present singular third-person
- wimmerte past
- gewimmert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wimmernd participle present
- wimmre first-person indicative present
- wimmere first-person indicative present
- wimmer first-person indicative present
- wimmerst indicative present second-person
- wimmerest second-person singular subjunctive
- wimmrest second-person singular subjunctive
- wimmeret plural second-person subjunctive
- wimmret plural second-person subjunctive
- wimmerten first-person indicative plural
- wimmertest indicative preterite second-person
- wimmertet indicative plural preterite
- wimmere! imperative singular
- wimmert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wimmern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wimmern in German?
wimmern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).