zwicken
German, verb
zwicken is spelled Z-W-I-C-K-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwicken is a German verb meaning “to pinch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zwicken is a different word: “gerund of zwicken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden kurz und nicht besonders heftig kneifen”.
What does zwicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pinch
Hör auf, mich zu zwicken!
- 2
to be tight (of a piece of garment)
Die Hose muss eingelaufen sein, die zwickt ganz schön.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zwicken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden kurz und nicht besonders heftig kneifen 2. leicht schmerzen
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 zwicken
- zwickt present singular third-person
- zwickte past
- gezwickt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zwickend participle present
- zwicke first-person indicative present
- zwickst indicative present second-person
- zwickest second-person singular subjunctive
- zwicket plural second-person subjunctive
- zwickten first-person indicative plural
- zwicktest indicative preterite second-person
- zwicktet indicative plural preterite
- zwick imperative second-person singular
- habe gezwickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezwickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zwicke! imperative singular
- zwickt! imperative plural
- gezwickt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to zwicken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zwicken in German?
zwicken 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).