wenden

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛndə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wen‧den
• Rhymes: -ɛndən

From Middle Dutch wenden, from Old Dutch wenden, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną. Historically a causative verb to winden (“to wind”).

wenden

1. (transitive) to direct oneself, turn

   Hij wendde zich tot de overheid.

   He turned to the authorities.

2. (intransitive, nautical) to come about

   Klaar om te wenden? Ree!

   Ready to come about? Hard leeward!

• aanwenden
• afwenden

• bewind, ingewanden, wand, wandelen, want, winden
• wentelen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wenden

1. inflection of wennen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

• wenend

From Middle High German wenden, from Old High German wenten, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛndən/, [ˈvɛndən], [ˈvɛndn̩]

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• Homophone: Wänden

wenden (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present wendet, past tense wendete or wandte, past participle gewendet or gewandt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to turn something so as to cook or roast it from both sides
2. (transitive, chiefly literary) to turn something (in general)
3. (transitive, literary, dated) to avert; to curb
   • 1545, Martin Luther, Biblia, Hans Lufft, Psalm 33:

     Der HERR macht zunicht der Heiden Rat / Vnd wendet die gedancken der Völcker. Aber der Rat des HERRN bleibet ewiglich / Seines hertzen gedancken fur vnd fur.

     The LORD makes to naught the heathens' council; and curbs the cogitations of the peoples. But the council of the LORD abides eternally; his heart's cogitations forever and ever.

4. (intransitive) to make a u-turn; to turn around one’s car or vehicle
5. (reflexive, chiefly literary) to turn around
6. (reflexive) to turn to; to consult [with an (+ accusative)]

• The irregular past forms wandte, gewandt are less common in the simplex wenden, but are equally common or even predominant in some compounds (such as abwenden, anwenden, etc.).
• Only the weak forms wendete, gewendet can be used in the sense of “to make a u-turn” and, usually, in the sense of “to turn something to be cooked on both sides”.

• (turn something in general): drehen; umdrehen
• (avert, curb): abwenden; hemmen
• (turn around): sich drehen; sich umdrehen; umkehren

• “wenden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wenden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wenden” in Duden online
• “wenden” in OpenThesaurus.de

• wende

From Old English wendan, from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan (“to turn”).

wenden

1. to travel; to go

• English: wend (went)

From Proto-West Germanic *wandijan.

wenden

1. to wend, to turn

• Middle Dutch: wenden
  • Dutch: wenden
    • Afrikaans: wend, wende

• “wenden”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• IPA^(key): /ˈwen.den/

wenden

1. present subjunctive plural of wendan