spenden
German, verb
spenden is spelled S-P-E-N-D-E-N (7 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spenden is a German verb meaning “to donate, to give as charity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Spenden is a different word: “plural of Spende”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas für einen guten Zweck verschenken, eine Spende geben, positive Gefühle und Wertung austeilen”.
What does spenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to donate, to give as charity
Blut spenden.
- 2
To cause the action implied by a noun to take place.
Beifall, Applaus spenden
- 3
to provide
Der Baum spendet Schatten.
- 4
to administer (a sacrament)
Der Priester spendet die Taufe.
- 5
archaicto spend generously; to treat to
noun
- 1
plural of Spende
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas für einen guten Zweck verschenken, eine Spende geben, positive Gefühle und Wertung austeilen 2. ein benötigtes materielles Gut austeilen oder hervorbringen
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 spenden
- spendet present singular third-person
- spendete past
- gespendet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- spendend participle present
- spende first-person indicative present
- spendest indicative present second-person
- spendeten first-person indicative plural
- spendetest indicative preterite second-person
- spendetet indicative plural preterite
- spend imperative second-person singular
- habe gespendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gespendet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- spende! imperative singular
- spendet! imperative plural
- gespendet haben active infinitive perfect
- gespendet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- gespendet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to spenden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is spenden in German?
spenden appears 26 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).