wispern
German, verb
wispern is spelled W-I-S-P-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 115,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wispern is a German verb meaning “to whisper; to make a whispering sound (most often in a mysterious or eerie way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wispern is a different word: “gerund of wispern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(aufgeregt und aus innerer Unruhe heraus) sehr leise sprechen”.
What does wispern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whisper; to make a whispering sound (most often in a mysterious or eerie way)
„Du wirst die Wahrheit bald erfahren“, wisperte sie.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wispern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (aufgeregt und aus innerer Unruhe heraus) sehr leise sprechen 2. (aufgeregt und aus innerer Unruhe heraus) sehr leise und nur für eine oder wenige Personen hörbar sagen 3. ein säuselndes Geräusch von sich geben
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 wispern
- wispert present singular third-person
- wisperte past
- gewispert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wispernd participle present
- wispre first-person indicative present
- wispere first-person indicative present
- wisper first-person indicative present
- wisperst indicative present second-person
- wisperest second-person singular subjunctive
- wisprest second-person singular subjunctive
- wisperet plural second-person subjunctive
- wispret plural second-person subjunctive
- wisperten first-person indicative plural
- wispertest indicative preterite second-person
- wispertet indicative plural preterite
- wispeln variant regional
- wisper! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wispern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wispern in German?
wispern appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).