wenden

(verb)

Meanings

1.
to turn (around)
(The two main uses are cars and a figurative "Blatt" (leaf). And for turning yourself in a direction. That's "sich+Acc wenden" and the past forms for that are "wandte" and "gewandt")
2.
to turn to a person, to refer to
("sich wenden an+Acc" - in the sense of talking to someone, often to ask a question. Sounds a bit formal. The past forms are "wandte" and "gewandt", though you may also see the other ones in daily life.)

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Vocab:

wenden, die Wand, verwenden, anwenden, auswendig, verwandt


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Root: *wendh-
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johnathanflaker
johnathanflaker
3 months ago

There appears to be a wenden wandten form of this verb.
is this correct?
how is it different in meaning to wenden wendeten?
is its usage determined by context?
Thanks for your help.



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