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German
Etymology
From Middle High German welzen, from Old High German welzen, from Proto-West Germanic *waltijan.
Pronunciation
Verb
wälzen (weak, third-person singular present wälzt, past tense wälzte, past participle gewälzt, auxiliary haben)
- to roll
Ich habe diesen großen Stein durch das Feld gewälzt, denn ich konnte ihn nicht aufheben.- I rolled this big stone across the field because I couldn't lift it.
- (reflexive) to wriggle, writhe, toss and turn
Er konnte nicht einschlafen, sondern wälzte sich unruhig im Bett.- He couldn't fall asleep, he was tossing and turning restlessly in bed.
- (informal) to browse (a book)
- Synonyms: blättern, durchblättern
Conjugation
Conjugation of
wälzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
wälzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “wälzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wälzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “wälzen” in Duden online
- “wälzen” in OpenThesaurus.de