zuwenden
German, verb/ˈtsuː.vɛn.dən/
zuwenden is spelled Z-U-W-E-N-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuwenden is a German verb meaning “to turn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Kopf/Körper in Richtung auf etwas/jemanden hinwenden”.
What does zuwenden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to turn
- 2
to devote
- 3
to turn to, turn towards
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Kopf/Körper in Richtung auf etwas/jemanden hinwenden 2. sich einer Sache oder auch Person widmen 3. schenken
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 zuwenden
- wendet zu present singular third-person
- wandte zu past
- wendete zu past
- zugewandt participle past
- zugewendet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zuwendend participle present
- zuzuwenden infinitive infinitive-zu
- wende zu first-person indicative present
- wenden zu first-person indicative plural
- wendest zu indicative present second-person
- wandten zu first-person indicative plural
- wendeten zu first-person indicative plural
- wandtest zu indicative preterite second-person
- wendetest zu indicative preterite second-person
- wend zu! imperative singular
- wende zu! imperative singular
- wendet zu! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuwenden?
- /ˈtsuː.vɛn.dən/
- [ˈt͡suːˌvɛndn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zuwenden in German?
zuwenden appears 1.5 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).