zwitschern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Variant of earlier zwitzern, from Middle High German zwitzern, from Old High German zwizzirōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną. More at twitter.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zwitschern (weak, third-person singular present zwitschert, past tense zwitscherte, past participle gezwitschert, auxiliary haben)
- to chirp, to tweet, to chatter, to twitter (make the sound of a bird)
- to tell (someone something) by hearsay or clandestinely
- (chiefly either humorous or to avoid repetition) to tweet (post to Twitter)
- Synonym: (the usual word) twittern
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zwitschern | ||||
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present participle | zwitschernd | ||||
past participle | gezwitschert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zwitschre ich zwitschere ich zwitscher |
wir zwitschern | i | ich zwitschere ich zwitschre |
wir zwitschern |
du zwitscherst | ihr zwitschert | du zwitscherest du zwitschrest |
ihr zwitscheret ihr zwitschret | ||
er zwitschert | sie zwitschern | er zwitschere er zwitschre |
sie zwitschern | ||
preterite | ich zwitscherte | wir zwitscherten | ii | ich zwitscherte1 | wir zwitscherten1 |
du zwitschertest | ihr zwitschertet | du zwitschertest1 | ihr zwitschertet1 | ||
er zwitscherte | sie zwitscherten | er zwitscherte1 | sie zwitscherten1 | ||
imperative | zwitschre (du) zwitscher (du) zwitschere (du) |
zwitschert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zwitschern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zwitschern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “zwitschern” in Duden online
- “zwitschern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
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- German 2-syllable words
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- German lemmas
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- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
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- de:Animal sounds
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