Zitter - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ German Dictionary

Possible base forms

Zitter
zittern (Verb)

Nouns

cittern   - an old musical instrument related to the guitar, having a flat, pear-shaped soundbox and wire strings [MUS.][HIST.]	die Cister   or: Cither, Citter, Zitter
aspen [BOT.]	die Zitterpappel   or: Zitter-Pappel  pl.   Lat.: Populus tremula
European aspen [BOT.]	die Zitterpappel   or: Zitter-Pappel  pl.   Lat.: Populus tremula
trembling poplar [BOT.]	die Zitterpappel   or: Zitter-Pappel  pl.   Lat.: Populus tremula

Verbs

to tremble (with fear/rage/...)  | trembled, trembled |	zittern (vor Angst/Wut/...)  | zitterte, gezittert |
to dither  | dithered, dithered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to shake  | shook, shaken |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to quiver  | quivered, quivered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to jitter  | jittered, jittered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to quake  | quaked, quaked |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to chatter  | chattered, chattered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to quaver  | quavered, quavered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to vibrate  | vibrated, vibrated |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to shudder  | shuddered, shuddered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to shiver  | shivered, shivered |	zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to shake with rage	vor Wut zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |
to chitter  | chittered, chittered | (Scot.)	vor Kälte zittern  | zitterte, gezittert |

Examples

He's shaking like a leaf.

Er zittert wie Espenlaub.

Orthographically similar words

bitter, fitter, hitter, jitter, litter, sitter, titter, zither

bitter, Citter, Gitter, Jitter, Ritter, Sitter, Zither, Zittern, zittern, Zitwer, Zwitter

Related search terms

Cister, Citter, Cither