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wenden

German, verb

wenden is spelled W-E-N-D-E-N (6 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written German, the 3,521st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wenden is a German verb meaning “to turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wenden is a different word: “gerund of wenden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Richtung, Lage, Position ändern”.

What does wenden mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides

  2. 2

    to turn something (in general)

  3. 3

    datedto avert; to curb

  4. 4

    to make a u-turn; to turn around one’s car or vehicle

  5. 5

    to turn around

  6. 6

    to turn to; to consult

noun

as Wenden
  1. 1

    neutergerund of wenden

noun

as Wenden
  1. 1

    plural of Wende

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. die Richtung, Lage, Position ändern 2. das Schiff wenden, das Manöver zum Richtungswechsel des Schiffs beim Segeln ausführen; wenden 3. wenden: jemanden, etwas umdrehen, auf die andere Seite drehen 4. sich drehen, die andere Seite zeigen

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 wenden

  • wendet present singular third-person
  • wendete past
  • wandte past
  • gewendet participle past
  • gewandt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • wendend participle present
  • wende first-person indicative present
  • wendest indicative present second-person
  • wendeten first-person indicative plural
  • wandten first-person indicative plural
  • wendetest indicative preterite second-person
  • wandtest indicative preterite second-person
  • wendetet indicative plural preterite
  • wandtet indicative plural preterite
  • wende! imperative singular
  • wendet! imperative plural
  • gewandt haben irregular active infinitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to wenden

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is wenden in German?

wenden appears 23 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).

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