zukehren
German, verb
zukehren is spelled Z-U-K-E-H-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 150,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zukehren is a German verb meaning “to turn (rotate) something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zukehren is a different word: “gerund of zukehren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so drehen (kehren), dass etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung weist”.
What does zukehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn (rotate) something
- 2
Austriato stop for a bite to eat on the way
- 3
Austriato visit briefly
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zukehren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so drehen (kehren), dass etwas in eine bestimmte Richtung weist 2. einen Besuch in einer Gaststätte oder bei jemandem zu Hause machen
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 zukehren
- kehrt zu present singular third-person
- kehrte zu past
- zugekehrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- zukehrend participle present
- zuzukehren infinitive infinitive-zu
- kehre zu first-person indicative present
- kehren zu first-person indicative plural
- kehrst zu indicative present second-person
- kehrest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- kehret zu plural second-person subjunctive
- kehrten zu first-person indicative plural
- kehrtest zu indicative preterite second-person
- kehrtet zu indicative plural preterite
- kehr zu! imperative singular
- kehre zu! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is zukehren in German?
zukehren appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).