Wirbelwind
German, noun/ˈvɪʁbl̩ˌvɪnt/
Wirbelwind is spelled W-I-R-B-E-L-W-I-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wirbelwind is a German masculine noun meaning “whirlwind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein starker, kreisförmiger, drehender Wind”.
What does Wirbelwind mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewhirlwind
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein starker, kreisförmiger, drehender Wind 2. ein temperamentvolles, energiegeladenes, sich schnell bewegendes (junges) Lebewesen
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 Wirbelwind
- Wirbelwindes genitive
- Wirbelwinds genitive
- Wirbelwinde plural
- Wirbelwinden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wirbelwind?
- /ˈvɪʁbl̩ˌvɪnt/
- [ˈvɪʁbl̩ˌvɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wirbelwind
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wirbelwind in German?
Wirbelwind 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).