gedrungen
German, adjective[ɡəˈdʁʊŋən]
gedrungen is spelled G-E-D-R-U-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 46,552nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gedrungen is a German adjective meaning “stubby, squat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of dringen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “klein und dabei verhältnismäßig breit”.
What does gedrungen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stubby, squat
verb
- 1
past participle of dringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. klein und dabei verhältnismäßig breit 2. kräftig, korpulent (bei Personen)
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 gedrungen
- gedrungener masculine nominative singular
- gedrungner comparative
- am gedrungensten superlative
- gedrungene feminine nominative singular
- gedrungenes neuter nominative singular
- gedrungenen genitive masculine singular
- gedrungenem dative masculine singular
- der gedrungene definite includes-article masculine
- die gedrungene definite feminine includes-article
- das gedrungene definite includes-article neuter
- die gedrungenen definite includes-article nominative
- des gedrungenen definite genitive includes-article
- der gedrungenen definite feminine genitive
- dem gedrungenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gedrungen?
- [ɡəˈdʁʊŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gedrungen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gedrungen in German?
gedrungen 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).