wandern
German, verb
wandern is spelled W-A-N-D-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,781st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wandern is a German verb meaning “to hike, to go trekking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wandern is a different word: “gerund of wandern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen längeren Weg in der Natur zu Fuß zurücklegen”.
What does wandern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hike, to go trekking
Ich war im Wald wandern, als ich das Reh sah.
- 2
to wander, to migrate, to move spontaneously, to end up (somewhere)
Lassen Sie Ihren Gedanken einfach wandern.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wandern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen längeren Weg in der Natur zu Fuß zurücklegen 2. (häufig, in regelmäßigen Abständen) den Aufenthaltsort wechseln 3. die Lage verändern, die vorgesehene Lage verlassen
noun: 1. weites, sportliches Gehen, Sport und Freizeitbeschäftigung 2. Wandern der Bienen 3. Tierwanderung von Herden, Rudeln, Insektenvölkern, Schwärmen und anderen Tiergruppen 4. Wanderjahre nach der Berufsausbildung als Geselle, Wanderschaft, Walz
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 wandern
- wandert present singular third-person
- wanderte past
- gewandert participle past
- sein auxiliary
- haben auxiliary rare
- sein or haben auxiliary
- wandernd participle present
- wandre first-person indicative present
- wandere first-person indicative present
- wander first-person indicative present
- wanderst indicative present second-person
- wanderest second-person singular subjunctive
- wandrest second-person singular subjunctive
- wanderet plural second-person subjunctive
- wandret plural second-person subjunctive
- wanderten first-person indicative plural
- wandertest indicative preterite second-person
- wandertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wandern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wandern in German?
wandern appears 16 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).