zuwinken
German, verb/ˈt͡suːˌvɪŋkn̩/
zuwinken is spelled Z-U-W-I-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuwinken is a German verb meaning “to wave at, beckon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Richtung auf jemanden hin mit der Hand eine grüßende Bewegung machen (winken)”.
What does zuwinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wave at, beckon
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in Richtung auf jemanden hin mit der Hand eine grüßende Bewegung machen (winken) 2. in Richtung auf jemanden hin eine Botschaft oder einen Gruß schicken
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 zuwinken
- winkt zu present singular third-person
- winkte zu past
- zugewinkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zuwinkend participle present
- zuzuwinken infinitive infinitive-zu
- winke zu first-person indicative present
- winken zu first-person indicative plural
- winkst zu indicative present second-person
- winkest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- winket zu plural second-person subjunctive
- winkten zu first-person indicative plural
- winktest zu indicative preterite second-person
- winktet zu indicative plural preterite
- wink zu! imperative singular
- winke zu! imperative singular
- winkt zu! imperative plural
- zugewunken participle-2 perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuwinken?
- /ˈt͡suːˌvɪŋkn̩/
- [ˈt͡suːˌvɪŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuwinken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuwinken in German?
zuwinken 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).