kreisen

See also: Kreisen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁaɪ̯zn̩/, /ˈkʁaɪ̯zən/
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Verb

kreisen (weak, third-person singular present kreist, past tense kreiste, past participle gekreist, auxiliary sein)

  1. to circle, to wheel
  2. (astronomy) to revolve
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 40/2010, page 142:
      Entdeckung im All: Gleich zwei erdähnliche Planeten kreisen um den Zwergstern Gliese 581.
      Discovery in the universe: two Earth-like planets at once revolve around the dwarf star Gliese 581.

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “kreisen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “kreisen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “kreisen” in Duden online
  • “kreisen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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