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]
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Verb

zwitschern (weak, third-person singular 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 repetition) to tweet (post to Twitter)
    Synonym: (the usual word) twittern

Conjugation

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