wirbeln
German, verb
wirbeln is spelled W-I-R-B-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirbeln is a German verb meaning “to swirl, to whirl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wirbeln is a different word: “dative plural of Wirbel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wild und ungeordnet durcheinanderströmen”.
What does wirbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to swirl, to whirl
Ein Licht führte uns, während die Schneeflocken über uns wirbelten.
- 2
to move by some current, to blow, to fling, to throw
Die Explosion wirbelte Trümmer über 50 Meter weit.
- 3
to roll (of a drum)
Die Trommeln wirbelten und die Herolde bliesen eine Fanfare.
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Wirbel
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wirbeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. wild und ungeordnet durcheinanderströmen
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 wirbeln
- wirbelt present singular third-person
- wirbelte past
- gewirbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- wirbelnd participle present
- wirble first-person indicative present
- wirbele first-person indicative present
- wirbel first-person indicative present
- wirbelst indicative present second-person
- wirbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- wirblest second-person singular subjunctive
- wirbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- wirblet plural second-person subjunctive
- wirbelten first-person indicative plural
- wirbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- wirbeltet indicative plural preterite
- wirble! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wirbeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wirbeln in German?
wirbeln appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).