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rund

adj · /rʊnt/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German runt, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus (“round”) from rota (“wheel, disk”).

Translation

  1. round, rounded, similar as in English, especially:; circular

    Sie füllten sie mit Stroh, um sie rund und hart zu machen.

    They filled them with straw to make them round and hard.

    Bälle sind rund.

    Balls are round.

    Die Maschine läuft rund um die Uhr.

    The machine operates around the clock.

  2. copacetic source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. circular source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. rounded; round source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. round, rounded, similar as in English, especially:; spherical, globular
  6. corpulent, thick euphemistic
  7. regular

rund

adv · /rʊnt/ ·
Etymology

From Middle High German runt, from Old French ront, from Latin rotundus (“round”) from rota (“wheel, disk”).

Translation

  1. around
  2. around source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  3. roughly, approximately, about

    Rund eine Million beschriebene Insektenarten leben auf der Erde, […]

    Approximately one million documented insect species live on Earth, […]

Rund

noun · /ʁʊnt/ ·
Etymology

From French rond.

Translation

  1. round neuter, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Rund Runde
Accusative Rund Runde
Dative Rund Runden
Genitive Rundes Runde