zwitschern

German

Etymology

Variant of earlier zwitzern, from Middle High German zwitzern, from Old High German zwizzirōn, from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną. More at twitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsvɪtʃərn/, [t͡sʋɪt͡ʃɐn]
  • (file)

Verb

zwitschern (third-person singular simple present zwitschert, past tense zwitscherte, past participle gezwitschert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to chirp, to tweet, to chatter, to twitter (make the sound of a bird)
  2. to tell (somebody something) by hearsay or clandestinely
  3. (chiefly either humorous or to avoid repitition) to tweet (post to Twitter)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (post to Twitter): twittern (the usual word)

Derived terms

Further reading

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