turnen
German, verb
turnen is spelled T-U-R-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turnen is a German verb meaning “to do gymnastics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Turnen is a different word: “gymnastics”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sportliche Übungen an/mit bestimmten Geräten ausüben”.
What does turnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do gymnastics
noun
- 1
neutergymnastics
- 2
datedneuterphysical education (in school)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sportliche Übungen an/mit bestimmten Geräten ausüben 2. sich geschickt auf oder über Hindernisse bewegen
noun: 1. eine Sportart, bei der es auf perfekte Körperbeherrschung und nicht auf messbare Ergebnisse ankommt 2. das Schulfach (österr. der Unterrichtsgegenstand) „Leibesübungen“, Vorläufer des Sportunterrichts
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 turnen
- turnt present singular third-person
- turnte past
- geturnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- turnend participle present
- turne first-person indicative present
- turnst indicative present second-person
- turnest second-person singular subjunctive
- turnet plural second-person subjunctive
- turnten first-person indicative plural
- turntest indicative preterite second-person
- turntet indicative plural preterite
- turn imperative second-person singular
- habe geturnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geturnt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- turne! imperative singular
- turnt! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to turnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is turnen in German?
turnen appears 3.2 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).