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whistle noun

  /wɪsl̩/ , /ʍɪsl̩/
  • A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
Pfeife, Trillerpfeife, Flöte
  • Any high-pitched sound similar to the sound made by whistling.
Pfiff, Pfeifen
  • An act of whistling.
Pfeifen, Pfiff

whistle verb

  /wɪsl̩/ , /ʍɪsl̩/
  • (ambitransitive) To make a shrill, high-pitched sound by forcing air through the mouth. To produce a whistling sound, restrictions to the flow of air are created using the teeth, tongue and lips.
pfeifen, flöten
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