gebunden
German, adjective/ɡəˈbʊndn̩/
gebunden is spelled G-E-B-U-N-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,608th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gebunden is a German adjective meaning “bound, constrained to something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of binden.
What does gebunden mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bound, constrained to something
- 2
committed; married or in a fixed relationship
- 3
legato
- 4
fretted (of the clavichord)
- 5
hardcover; bound
Ich habe ein gebundenes Buch gekauft.
verb
- 1
past participle of binden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das Adjektive von Substantiven ableitet, mit der Bedeutung, dass die beschriebene Sache an jemanden oder etwas gebunden ist, fest zu jemandem oder etwas gehört
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 gebunden
- gebundener masculine nominative singular
- gebundene feminine nominative singular
- gebundenes neuter nominative singular
- gebundenen genitive masculine singular
- gebundenem dative masculine singular
- der gebundene definite includes-article masculine
- die gebundene definite feminine includes-article
- das gebundene definite includes-article neuter
- die gebundenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gebundenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gebundenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gebundenen dative definite includes-article
- den gebundenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gebunden?
- /ɡəˈbʊndn̩/
- /ɡəˈbʊndən/
- [ɡəˌbʊndn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gebunden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gebunden in German?
gebunden appears 17 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).