runden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʏndən

Verb

runden

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

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁʊndən/,
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  • 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)

  1. (transitive) to round (make round, form into a curve)
    Die Metallteile werden unter großer Hitze gerundet.
    The metal pieces are rounded in great heat.
  2. (transitive, mathematics) to round (approximate a number)
    Die Werte sind auf zwei Nachkommastellen gerundet.
    The values have been rounded to two decimal places.
  3. (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.
  4. (reflexive, figurative) to be completed or perfected
    Und schon wieder rundet sich ein Jahr.
    And once again a year is nearing completion.
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

runden

  1. inflection of rund:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. 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

  1. definite singular of runde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

runden m

  1. definite singular of runde

Swedish

Noun

runden

  1. definite singular of rund