zwitschern
German, verb/tsvɪtʃərn/
zwitschern is spelled Z-W-I-T-S-C-H-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zwitschern is a German verb meaning “to chirp, to tweet, to chatter, to twitter (make the sound of a bird)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(etwas durch) eine Reihe aufeinanderfolgender hoher Töne von sich geben”.
What does zwitschern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to chirp, to tweet, to chatter, to twitter (make the sound of a bird)
- 2
to tell (someone something) by hearsay or clandestinely
- 3
to tweet (post to Twitter)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (etwas durch) eine Reihe aufeinanderfolgender hoher Töne von sich geben 2. etwas in einem fröhlichen und unbekümmerten Ton sagen, in einem fröhlichen und unbekümmerten Ton sprechen 3. ein alkoholisches Getränk zu sich nehmen 4. ein Geheimnis lüften, ohne die Quelle preiszugeben
noun: 1. zwitscherndes Geräusch, zwitschernde Laute
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 zwitschern
- zwitschert present singular third-person
- zwitscherte past
- gezwitschert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zwitschernd participle present
- zwitschre first-person indicative present
- zwitschere first-person indicative present
- zwitscher first-person indicative present
- zwitscherst indicative present second-person
- zwitscherest second-person singular subjunctive
- zwitschrest second-person singular subjunctive
- zwitscheret plural second-person subjunctive
- zwitschret plural second-person subjunctive
- zwitscherten first-person indicative plural
- zwitschertest indicative preterite second-person
- zwitschertet indicative plural preterite
- zwitscher! imperative singular
- zwitschert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zwitschern?
- /tsvɪtʃərn/
- [t͡sʋɪt͡ʃɐn]
- [ˈt͡svɪt͡ʃɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zwitschern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zwitschern in German?
zwitschern appears 1.3 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).