zudrehen
German, verb
zudrehen is spelled Z-U-D-R-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zudrehen is a German verb meaning “to screw closed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zudrehen is a different word: “gerund of zudrehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schließen, so dass der Durchfluss gestoppt wird”.
What does zudrehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to screw closed
- 2
to turn off
- 3
Austriato close the talon
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zudrehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schließen, so dass der Durchfluss gestoppt wird 2. mit einer Drehbewegung fest anziehen 3. den Kopf/Körper in Richtung auf etwas/jemanden hinwenden 4. den Talon sperren
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 zudrehen
- dreht zu present singular third-person
- drehte zu past
- zugedreht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zudrehend participle present
- zuzudrehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- drehe zu first-person indicative present
- drehen zu first-person indicative plural
- drehst zu indicative present second-person
- drehest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- drehet zu plural second-person subjunctive
- drehten zu first-person indicative plural
- drehtest zu indicative preterite second-person
- drehtet zu indicative plural preterite
- dreh zu! imperative singular
- drehe zu! imperative singular
- dreht zu! imperative plural
- zugedreht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zudrehen in German?
zudrehen 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).