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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rotāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
rotieren (weak, third-person singular present rotiert, past tense rotierte, past participle rotiert, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, transitive) to rotate, to spin
2024 September 10, Laila Sieber, “Dreckige Wäsche hat jeder mal”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Die Trommeln der Waschmaschinen rotieren sanft, sonst ist es still im Salon.- The washing machine drums rotate gently, otherwise it's quiet in the salon.
- (colloquial, intransitive) to be very busy
- Synonyms: hetzen, wirbeln
2024 February 22, Harriet Wolff, “Das bisschen Familie”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Ausruhen? Pustekuchen. Wir sind am Rotieren, seit wir Haus und Katze meiner Eltern hüten, alle drei beheimatet im Münchner Speckgürtel, wo die Sonne oft föhnig scheint und, wenn sie mal gerade nicht scheint, der Honig aus den Hähnen sprudelt, dass es unheimlich ist.- Rest? Fat chance. We've been running in circles ever since we started watching my parents' house and cat. All three are located in Munich's affluent suburbs, where the warm foehn wind often brings sunshine, and when it's not sunny, honey flows from the taps in an uncanny way.
2025 February 21, Jasmin Ramadan, “Rotieren, Meditieren, Koalieren”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:„Aber Weidel steht nicht still, die rotiert in vollumfänglicher Verachtung.“ „Wenn sie jedoch ihre infame Balance verliert, dann richtet sich die Verachtung womöglich gegen sie selbst.“- “But Weidel doesn't stand still; she spins in complete contempt.” “If she loses her infamous balance, though, that contempt may turn against herself.”
Conjugation
Conjugation of
rotieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
rotieren (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “rotieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rotieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rotieren” in Duden online
- “rotieren” in OpenThesaurus.de