runden
German, verb
runden is a German masculine verb meaning “to round (make round, form into a curve)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive masculine/neuter singular of rund. With a capital, Runden is a different word: “plural of Runde”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas so verformen, dass es runder wird”.
What does runden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to round (make round, form into a curve)
Die Metallteile werden unter großer Hitze gerundet.
- 2
to round (approximate a number)
Die Werte sind auf zwei Nachkommastellen gerundet.
- 3
to be or become round
Die Vase ist unten dreieckig und rundet sich nach oben hin.
- 4
to be completed or perfected
Und schon wieder rundet sich ein Jahr.
verb
- 1
masculineneuterstrong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- 2
weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- 3
masculinestrong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- 4
strong dative plural
- 5
weak/mixed all-case plural
noun
- 1
plural of Runde
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas so verformen, dass es runder wird 2. rundlich werden 3. verbessern, vervollständigen 4. eine Zahl in Stellenschreibweise auf eine Zahl mit weniger bedeutungstragenden Stellen setzen
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 runden
- rundet present singular third-person
- rundete past
- gerundet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rundend participle present
- runde first-person indicative present
- rundest indicative present second-person
- rundeten first-person indicative plural
- rundetest indicative preterite second-person
- rundetet indicative plural preterite
- rund imperative second-person singular
- habe gerundet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerundet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- runde! imperative singular
- rundet! imperative plural
- gerundet haben active infinitive perfect
- gerundet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gerundet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to runden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is runden in German?
runden appears 27 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).