zirpen
German, verb
zirpen is spelled Z-I-R-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zirpen is a German verb meaning “to chirp, chirr, chirrup (make the sound of a cricket or a similar repetitive, metallic sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zirpen is a different word: “gerund of zirpen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geräusch von sich geben, wie es ein Heimchen, eine Grille macht”.
What does zirpen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chirp, chirr, chirrup (make the sound of a cricket or a similar repetitive, metallic sound)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zirpen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Geräusch von sich geben, wie es ein Heimchen, eine Grille macht 2. einen hohen Ton abgeben 3. etwas mit hoher Stimme sagen
noun: 1. Geräusch von Grillen oder ähnlichen Insekten
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 zirpen
- zirpt present singular third-person
- zirpte past
- gezirpt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zirpend participle present
- zirpe first-person indicative present
- zirpst indicative present second-person
- zirpest second-person singular subjunctive
- zirpet plural second-person subjunctive
- zirpten first-person indicative plural
- zirptest indicative preterite second-person
- zirptet indicative plural preterite
- zirp imperative second-person singular
- habe gezirpt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezirpt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zirp! imperative singular
- zirpe! imperative singular
- zirpt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zirpen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zirpen in German?
zirpen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).