verwunden
German, verb
verwunden is spelled V-E-R-W-U-N-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verwunden is a German verb meaning “to wound (hurt by piercing the skin, especially with a weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verwinden. With a capital, Verwunden is a different word: “gerund of verwunden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden verletzen, eine Wunde zufügen”.
What does verwunden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wound (hurt by piercing the skin, especially with a weapon)
- 2
to wound (cause extreme emotional pain)
verb
- 1
past participle of verwinden
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verwunden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden verletzen, eine Wunde zufügen
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 verwunden
- verwundet present singular third-person
- verwundete past
- haben auxiliary
- verwundend participle present
- verwunde first-person indicative present
- verwundest indicative present second-person
- verwundeten first-person indicative plural
- verwundetest indicative preterite second-person
- verwundetet indicative plural preterite
- verwund imperative second-person singular
- habe verwundet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verwundet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verwund! imperative singular
- verwunde! imperative singular
- verwundet! imperative plural
- verwundener positive nominative strong
- verwundene positive nominative strong
- verwundenes positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verwunden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verwunden in German?
verwunden appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).