rechnen
German, verb
rechnen is a German verb meaning “to count, reckon, calculate, compute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rechnen is a different word: “gerund of rechnen, arithmetic”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zahlen logisch verknüpfen, Mathematik anwenden”.
What does rechnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to count, reckon, calculate, compute
- 2
to count on, expect
Damit haben die Fans nicht gerechnet.
- 3
to pay off, to be profitable
noun
- 1
neutergerund of rechnen, arithmetic
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Zahlen logisch verknüpfen, Mathematik anwenden 2. stark vermuten, dass etwas geschehen wird; voraussehen 3. sich lohnen
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 rechnen
- rechnet present singular third-person
- rechnete past
- gerechnet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rechnend participle present
- rechne first-person indicative present
- rechnest indicative present second-person
- rechneten first-person indicative plural
- rechnetest indicative preterite second-person
- rechnetet indicative plural preterite
- habe gerechnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerechnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rechne! imperative singular
- rechnet! imperative plural
- gerechnet haben active infinitive perfect
- gerechnet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gerechnet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- gerechnet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rechnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rechnen in German?
rechnen appears 37 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).