runden
See also: Runden
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʏndən
Verb
runden
- inflection of runnen:
- plural past indicative
- (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁʊndən/, [ˈʁʊn.dn̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: run‧den
Etymology 1
15th century, from rund (“round”, adjective) + -en (infinitive ending).
Verb
runden (weak, third-person singular present rundet, past tense rundete, past participle gerundet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to round (make round, form into a curve)
- Die Metallteile werden unter großer Hitze gerundet.
- The metal pieces are rounded in great heat.
- (transitive, mathematics) to round (approximate a number)
- Die Werte sind auf zwei Nachkommastellen gerundet.
- The values have been rounded to two decimal places.
- (reflexive) to be or become round
- Die Vase ist unten dreieckig und rundet sich nach oben hin.
- The vase is triangular at the bottom and becomes rounded towards the top.
- (reflexive, figurative) to be completed or perfected
- Und schon wieder rundet sich ein Jahr.
- And once again a year is nearing completion.
Conjugation
Conjugation of runden (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | runden | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | rundend | ||||
| past participle | gerundet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich runde | wir runden | i | ich runde | wir runden |
| du rundest | ihr rundet | du rundest | ihr rundet | ||
| er rundet | sie runden | er runde | sie runden | ||
| preterite | ich rundete | wir rundeten | ii | ich rundete1 | wir rundeten1 |
| du rundetest | ihr rundetet | du rundetest1 | ihr rundetet1 | ||
| er rundete | sie rundeten | er rundete1 | sie rundeten1 | ||
| imperative | rund (du) runde (du) |
rundet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of runden (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
runden
- inflection of rund:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Further reading
- “runden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “runden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “runden” in Duden online
- “runden” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
runden m
- definite singular of runde
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
runden m
- definite singular of runde
Swedish
Noun
runden
- definite singular of rund