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winden

German, verb

winden is a German verb meaning “to wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Winden is a different word: “dative plural of Wind”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas drehen, wickeln”.

What does winden mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to wind

  2. 2

    to twist, twirl

  3. 3

    to squirm, writhe

  4. 4

    to squirm, hedge, to speak in an indirect or circumlocutory way (as of something emberrassing etc.)

noun

as Winden
  1. 1

    dative plural of Wind

noun

as Winden
  1. 1

    plural of Winde

noun

as Winden
  1. 1

    neutergerund of winden

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas drehen, wickeln 2. jemandem etwas durch kreisende Bewegung aus der Hand (gewaltsam) nehmen, wegnehmen 3. sich bewegen, sich drehen 4. ausweichen, sich um eine angemessene Antwort drücken

verb: 1. mehr oder weniger heftig wehen

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 winden

  • windet present singular third-person
  • wand past
  • gewunden participle past
  • wände past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 3 strong
  • windend participle present
  • winde first-person indicative present
  • windest indicative present second-person
  • wanden first-person indicative plural
  • wänden first-person formal plural
  • wandest indicative preterite second-person
  • wandst indicative preterite second-person
  • wandet indicative plural preterite
  • wändest formal rare second-person
  • wändet formal plural rare
  • wind imperative second-person singular
  • winde! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to winden

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is winden in German?

winden appears 2.1 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).