dehnen
German, verb/ˈdeːnən/
dehnen is a German verb meaning “to stretch, to make longer or wider by pulling, pushing, extending” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas ausweiten, strecken, vergrößern”.
What does dehnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stretch, to make longer or wider by pulling, pushing, extending
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas ausweiten, strecken, vergrößern 2. Muskeln, Muskelbänder strecken, lockern, überdehnen 3. etwas zeitlich hinausziehen, hinauszögern
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dehnen
- dehnt present singular third-person
- dehnte past
- gedehnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dehnend participle present
- dehne first-person indicative present
- dehnst indicative present second-person
- dehnest second-person singular subjunctive
- dehnet plural second-person subjunctive
- dehnten first-person indicative plural
- dehntest indicative preterite second-person
- dehntet indicative plural preterite
- dehn imperative second-person singular
- habe gedehnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gedehnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- dehn! imperative singular
- dehnt! imperative plural
- gedehnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dehnen?
- /ˈdeːnən/
- [ˈdeː.nən]
- [ˈdeː.nn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dehnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dehnen in German?
dehnen appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).