trillern

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian trillo, trillare. Compare Middle High German trillieren. Cognate with English trill.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɪlɐn/
  • Hyphenation: tril‧lern

Verb

trillern (weak, third-person singular present trillert, past tense trillerte, past participle getrillert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to trill
  2. (intransitive) to blow a pea whistle
  3. (intransitive, regional, colloquial) to booze

Conjugation

Further reading

  • trillern” in Duden online
  • trillern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache