Wink

"Wink" in German

Andeutung

(subtle allusion)

Augenblick

(brief time, instant)

Augenzwinkern

(blink of one eye)

Fingerzeig

(subtle allusion)

Fitzelchen

(smallest possible amount)

Nickerchen

(brief period of sleep — see also forty winks)

Wink

(subtle allusion)

Zipfel

(smallest possible amount)

eine Mütze Schlaf (voll)

(brief period of sleep — see also forty winks)

blinken

(To be dim and flicker)

funkeln

(To be dim and flicker)

zuzwinkern

(to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)

zwinkern

(to blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)

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