tragend
German, adjective/traɡnt/
tragend is spelled T-R-A-G-E-N-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tragend is a German adjective meaning “carrying, supporting, bearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of tragen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von entscheidender Bedeutung, von größter Wichtigkeit”.
What does tragend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carrying, supporting, bearing
- 2
pregnant
- 3
fundamental
verb
- 1
present participle of tragen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von entscheidender Bedeutung, von größter Wichtigkeit 2. Bauteil von unten (= gegen die Schwerkraft) in dessen Position haltend 3. Fötus, auch Samen/Früchte in/an sich habend
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 tragend
- tragender masculine nominative singular
- tragende feminine nominative singular
- tragendes neuter nominative singular
- tragenden genitive masculine singular
- tragendem dative masculine singular
- der tragende definite includes-article masculine
- die tragende definite feminine includes-article
- das tragende definite includes-article neuter
- die tragenden definite includes-article nominative
- des tragenden definite genitive includes-article
- der tragenden definite feminine genitive
- dem tragenden dative definite includes-article
- den tragenden dative definite includes-article
- am tragendsten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tragend?
- /traɡnt/
- [ˈtʁaːɡn̩t]
- [ˈtʁaːɡŋ̍t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tragend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tragend in German?
tragend appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).