Vokabahn

Verb

wirbeln

to swirl, to whirl

C1 rank #11,375

Meanings

Verb
  1. to swirl, to whirl
  2. to move by some current, to blow, to fling, to throw
  3. to roll (of a drum)

In a sentence

Die Explosion wirbelte Trümmer über 50 Meter weit.

The explosion flung debris over 50 meters away.

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Forms

wirbeln · wirbelt · wirbelte · hat gewirbelt (+ Akkusativ)

wirbeln is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #11,375 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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