English-German translation for "whirl"

"whirl" German translation

whirl
[(h)wəː(r)l]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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whirl
[(h)wəː(r)l]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • schleudern
    whirl hurl obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    whirl hurl obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs

  • Wirbelnneuter | Neutrum n
    whirl whirling action
    whirl whirling action
  • Wirbelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl turning movement
    schnelle Kreisbewegung
    whirl turning movement
    whirl turning movement
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  • to be in a whirl
    (herum)wirbeln
    to be in a whirl
  • to givesomething | etwas sth a whirl
    something | etwasetwas herumwirbeln
    to givesomething | etwas sth a whirl
  • to givesomething | etwas sth a whirl familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    something | etwasetwas prüfenor | oder od ausprobieren
    to givesomething | etwas sth a whirl familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
  • kurzer Laufor | oder od Weg, Drehungfeminine | Femininum f
    whirl turn
    whirl turn
  • herumgewirbelter Gegenstand
    whirl whirled object
    whirl whirled object
  • Wirbelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl eddy
    Strudelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl eddy
    whirl eddy
  • Wirbelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl turmoil figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whirl turmoil figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Tumultmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    wildes Treiben
    whirl figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whirl figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Schwindelmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Verwirrungfeminine | Femininum f
    whirl figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    whirl figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
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  • whirl botany | BotanikBOT zoology | ZoologieZOOL → see „whorl
    whirl botany | BotanikBOT zoology | ZoologieZOOL → see „whorl
  • Triebmasculine | Maskulinum m
    whirl in ropemaking
    Spulefeminine | Femininum f (in der Krone)
    whirl in ropemaking
    whirl in ropemaking
  • Seilwindefeminine | Femininum f
    whirl in ropemaking
    whirl in ropemaking
Probieren wir s mal aus!
Let's give it a whirl.
Source: Tatoeba
Am Ende werden sich die Geschichten wie tanzende Derwische drehen, Kreise über Kreise zeichnen.
In the end, stories move like whirling dervishes, drawing circles beyond circles.
Source: TED
Der Tänzer wirbelte durch die Halle.
The dancer whirled around the hall.
Source: Tatoeba
Als Mr. St. John ging, begann es zu schneien, und der Schneesturm hielt die ganze Nacht an.
When Mr. St. John went, it was beginning to snow; the whirling storm continued all night.
Source: Books
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