Wimpernschlag
German, noun[ˈvɪmpɐnˌʃlaːk]
Wimpernschlag is spelled W-I-M-P-E-R-N-S-C-H-L-A-G (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wimpernschlag is a German masculine noun meaning “blink of an eye, eyeblink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einzelnes Senken und Heben der Wimpern”.
What does Wimpernschlag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineblink of an eye, eyeblink
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einzelnes Senken und Heben der Wimpern 2. kurzer Moment
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 Wimpernschlag
- Wimpernschlages genitive
- Wimpernschlags genitive
- Wimpernschläge plural
- Wimpernschlage dative singular
- Wimpernschlägen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wimpernschlag?
- [ˈvɪmpɐnˌʃlaːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wimpernschlag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wimpernschlag in German?
Wimpernschlag appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).