ordnen
German, verb
ordnen is spelled O-R-D-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written German, the 16,394th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ordnen is a German verb meaning “to put in order, to order, to arrange” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ordnen is a different word: “gerund of ordnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge oder Verteilung bringen”.
What does ordnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put in order, to order, to arrange
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ordnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in eine bestimmte Reihenfolge oder Verteilung bringen 2. Verhältnisse klären
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 ordnen
- ordnet present singular third-person
- ordnete past
- geordnet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ordnend participle present
- ordne first-person indicative present
- ordnest indicative present second-person
- ordneten first-person indicative plural
- ordnetest indicative preterite second-person
- ordnetet indicative plural preterite
- habe geordnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geordnet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ordne! imperative singular
- ordnet! imperative plural
- geordnet haben transitive active infinitive
- geordnet werden transitive processual-passive infinitive
- geordnet worden sein transitive processual-passive infinitive
- geordnet sein transitive statal-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ordnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ordnen in German?
ordnen appears 3.4 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).