gewandt
German, adjective/ɡəˈvant/
gewandt is spelled G-E-W-A-N-D-T (7 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewandt is a German adjective meaning “dexterous, versatile, skilled, smart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of wenden. The German Wiktionary defines it as “geschickt, elegant”.
What does gewandt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dexterous, versatile, skilled, smart
gewandte Finger
- 2
eloquent
adverb
- 1
dexterously, deftly, nimbly
verb
- 1
past participle of wenden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. geschickt, elegant
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 gewandt
- gewandter masculine nominative singular
- am gewandtesten superlative
- gewandte feminine nominative singular
- gewandtes neuter nominative singular
- gewandten genitive masculine singular
- gewandtem dative masculine singular
- der gewandte definite includes-article masculine
- die gewandte definite feminine includes-article
- das gewandte definite includes-article neuter
- die gewandten definite includes-article nominative
- des gewandten definite genitive includes-article
- der gewandten definite feminine genitive
- dem gewandten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewandt?
- /ɡəˈvant/
- [ɡəˈvant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewandt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewandt in German?
gewandt appears 3.7 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).