zuzwinkern
German, verb/ˈt͡suːˌt͡svɪŋkɐn/
zuzwinkern is spelled Z-U-Z-W-I-N-K-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuzwinkern is a German verb meaning “to wink at” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Richtung einer anderen Person kurz die Augen (zu einem Zwinkern) schließen, oftmals, um eine Botschaft zu…”.
What does zuzwinkern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wink at
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in Richtung einer anderen Person kurz die Augen (zu einem Zwinkern) schließen, oftmals, um eine Botschaft zu senden
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 zuzwinkern
- zwinkert zu present singular third-person
- zwinkerte zu past
- zugezwinkert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zuzwinkernd participle present
- zuzuzwinkern infinitive infinitive-zu
- zwinkre zu first-person indicative present
- zwinkere zu first-person indicative present
- zwinker zu first-person indicative present
- zwinkern zu first-person indicative plural
- zwinkerst zu indicative present second-person
- zwinkerest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- zwinkrest zu second-person singular subjunctive
- zwinkeret zu plural second-person subjunctive
- zwinkret zu plural second-person subjunctive
- zwinkerten zu first-person indicative plural
- zwinkertest zu indicative preterite second-person
- zwinkertet zu indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuzwinkern?
- /ˈt͡suːˌt͡svɪŋkɐn/
- [ˈt͡suːˌt͡svɪŋkɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuzwinkern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuzwinkern in German?
zuzwinkern appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).