gedehnt
German, adjective[ɡəˈdeːnt]
gedehnt is spelled G-E-D-E-H-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedehnt is a German adjective meaning “stretched” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dehnen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitlich: etwas, was sich in die Länge zieht, was lange dauert”.
What does gedehnt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stretched
verb
- 1
past participle of dehnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zeitlich: etwas, was sich in die Länge zieht, was lange dauert 2. Bänder, Sehnen, Seile, Muskeln betreffend: in die Länge gezogen
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 gedehnt
- gedehnter masculine nominative singular
- am gedehntesten superlative
- gedehnte feminine nominative singular
- gedehntes neuter nominative singular
- gedehnten genitive masculine singular
- gedehntem dative masculine singular
- der gedehnte definite includes-article masculine
- die gedehnte definite feminine includes-article
- das gedehnte definite includes-article neuter
- die gedehnten definite includes-article nominative
- des gedehnten definite genitive includes-article
- der gedehnten definite feminine genitive
- dem gedehnten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gedehnt?
- [ɡəˈdeːnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gedehnt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gedehnt in German?
gedehnt appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).