winseln
German, verb
winseln is spelled W-I-N-S-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Winseln is a German verb meaning “to whine, to whimper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Winseln is a different word: “gerund of winseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “fiepende, jammernde, leise Töne des Unbehagens von sich geben”.
What does winseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whine, to whimper
noun
- 1
neutergerund of winseln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fiepende, jammernde, leise Töne des Unbehagens von sich geben 2. untertänig, sich selbst erniedrigend um etwas bitten
noun: 1. winselnder Laut, winselndes 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 winseln
- winselt present singular third-person
- winselte past
- gewinselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- winselnd participle present
- winsle first-person indicative present
- winsele first-person indicative present
- winsel first-person indicative present
- winselst indicative present second-person
- winselest second-person singular subjunctive
- winslest second-person singular subjunctive
- winselet plural second-person subjunctive
- winslet plural second-person subjunctive
- winselten first-person indicative plural
- winseltest indicative preterite second-person
- winseltet indicative plural preterite
- winsel! imperative singular
- winsle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to winseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is winseln in German?
winseln 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).