Zwilling
German, noun/ˈt͡svɪlɪŋ/
Zwilling is spelled Z-W-I-L-L-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwilling is a German masculine noun meaning “twin (male or female; the feminine form Zwillingin is rare)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer von zwei gleichzeitig im Mutterleib des Menschen oder des Tieres entwickelten Embryos und geborenen…”.
What does Zwilling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetwin (male or female; the feminine form Zwillingin is rare)
- 2
masculinetwin (used as a component in numerous compound words such as Zwillingstürme (“Twin Towers”), with (one or more) or without hyphens depending on the word's length and the taste of the writer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einer von zwei gleichzeitig im Mutterleib des Menschen oder des Tieres entwickelten Embryos und geborenen Kindern, Jungen 2. ein Sternbild am nördlichen Sternenhimmel 3. eines der zwölf Tierkreiszeichen (Sternzeichen) 4. jemand, der im Tierkreiszeichen der Zwillinge geboren ist
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 Zwilling
- Zwillinges genitive
- Zwillings genitive
- Zwillinge plural
- Zwillingin feminine
- Zwillingen dative definite plural
- Gem abbreviation
- [3] ♊ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zwilling?
- /ˈt͡svɪlɪŋ/
- [ˈt͡svɪlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zwilling
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zwilling in German?
Zwilling appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).