Flinch

"Flinch" in German

Zucken

(reflexive jerking away)

Zurückschrecken

(reflexive jerking away)

Zurückzucken

(reflexive jerking away)

Zusammenfahren

(reflexive jerking away)

sich entziehen

(to avoid doing something momentarily)

wanken

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

zucken

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

zurückschrecken

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

zurückweichen

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

zurückzucken

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

zusammenfahren

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

zusammenzucken

(to make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a stimulus)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.