Bindung
German, noun/ˈbɪndʊŋ(k)/
Bindung is spelled B-I-N-D-U-N-G (7 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bindung is a German feminine noun meaning “bond, attachment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verbundenheit, enge Beziehung”.
What does Bindung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebond, attachment
- 2
femininecommitment, obligation
- 3
femininebond
- 4
feminineliaison, resyllabification across the word boundary, sandhi
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verbundenheit, enge Beziehung 2. stetiger emotionaler Kontakt eines Menschen zum Mitmenschen, inneres Verhaftetsein eines Individuums an andere Personen 3. unwillkürliche, „spontane“ Verbundenheit, zum Beispiel zwischen Kind und Eltern 4. selbst gewählte Verbindung, die mit einem Bekenntnis und einer freiwilligen Verpflichtung einhergeht, zum Beispiel zwischen zwei Sexualpartnern
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 Bindung
- Bindungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bindung?
- /ˈbɪndʊŋ(k)/
- [ˈbɪndʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bindung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bindung in German?
Bindung appears 9.1 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).