rund
German, adjective
rund is spelled R-U-N-D (4 letters) and appears 186 times per million words in written German, the 460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rund is a German adjective meaning “circular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rund is a different word: “round”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kreisförmig (eben)”.
What does rund mean in English?
adjective
- 1
circular
- 2
spherical, globular
- 3
corpulent, thick
- 4
regular
adverb
- 1
around
- 2
roughly, approximately, about
noun
- 1
neuterround
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. kreisförmig (eben) 2. kugelförmig (räumlich), ohne Ecken 3. mit zu viel Körperfülle gesegnet 4. störungsfrei, ohne anzuecken, ohne Fehler laufend
adverb: 1. nicht genau bestimmt
noun: 1. etwas Kreis- oder Kugelförmiges, etwas Gekrümmtes
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 rund
- runder masculine nominative singular
- am rundesten superlative
- runde feminine nominative singular
- rundes neuter nominative singular
- runden genitive masculine singular
- rundem dative masculine singular
- der runde definite includes-article masculine
- die runde definite feminine includes-article
- das runde definite includes-article neuter
- die runden definite includes-article nominative
- des runden definite genitive includes-article
- der runden definite feminine genitive
- dem runden dative definite includes-article
- rd. abbreviation
- Runde nominative plural
- Runds genitive singular
- Rundes genitive singular
- Runden dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rund
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rund in German?
rund appears 186 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).