zwirbeln
German, verb[ˈt͡svɪʁbl̩n]
zwirbeln is spelled Z-W-I-R-B-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwirbeln is a German verb meaning “to twirl, to roll something between the fingers in order to create a cusp-like structure (e.g., a beard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, zum Beispiel lose Enden oder Haare, zwischen den Fingern umeinander herumdrehen; zwischen den…”.
What does zwirbeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to twirl, to roll something between the fingers in order to create a cusp-like structure (e.g., a beard)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas, zum Beispiel lose Enden oder Haare, zwischen den Fingern umeinander herumdrehen; zwischen den Fingerspitzen drehen
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 zwirbeln
- zwirbelt present singular third-person
- zwirbelte past
- gezwirbelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zwirbelnd participle present
- zwirble first-person indicative present
- zwirbele first-person indicative present
- zwirbel first-person indicative present
- zwirbelst indicative present second-person
- zwirbelest second-person singular subjunctive
- zwirblest second-person singular subjunctive
- zwirbelet plural second-person subjunctive
- zwirblet plural second-person subjunctive
- zwirbelten first-person indicative plural
- zwirbeltest indicative preterite second-person
- zwirbeltet indicative plural preterite
- zwirbel! imperative singular
- zwirbele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zwirbeln?
- [ˈt͡svɪʁbl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zwirbeln in German?
zwirbeln appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).