I know that German borrows a lot of words from English, but German equivalents are often used, too. Example of such pair of words is downloaden and herunterladen.
I wanted to ask whether there is a German word for to twitter/to tweet (in the sense of posting on Twitter).
I known that the word twittern is used. But I believe I have heard the word zwitschern on TV. I have also searched internet for occasions where this word was used. It seemed to me, it was used in this meaning. (Although, as I was told in chat, some of my finds used zwitschern in completely different meaning. And probably sometimes this word can be used as some kind of wordplay, which a non-native speaker can easily miss.) I will list below some examples I was able to find.
So my question is:
Which words (apart from twittern) are used as a verb describing posting on twitter?
Some examples with the word zwitschern that I was able to find:
- Obama bei Twitter: 1 Million Follower in fünf Stunden – Obwohl der Demokrat erst drei Tweets gezwitschert hat, folgen dem mächtigsten Mann der Welt schon jetzt 2,16 Millionen Fans im sozialen Netzwerk.
- Und sie zwitschern doch – Türkei blockiert Twitter.
- US-Präsident darf jetzt offiziell twittern – Jetzt darf der US-Präsident ganz offiziell zwitschern.
- J.K. Rowling wehrt sich gegen Westboro Baptist Church – „Ich sitze hier und schaue dabei zu, wie die Iren Geschichte schreiben. Außergewöhnlich und wunderbar“, zwitscherte sie auf Twitter.