dehnt

Dehnt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb dehnen, meaning to stretch or extend. It describes the act of increasing length or distance, either through physical elongation or by figurative extension of time, capacity, or space. The verb is used across contexts such as fitness (to stretch muscles), textiles (to stretch fabric), engineering (to deform under load), and everyday language.

In present tense, the main forms are: ich dehne, du dehnst, er dehnt, wir dehnen, ihr dehnt, sie dehnen. The past participle is gedehnt, used with haben to form perfect tenses (er hat gedehnt). Dehnen is a regular verb; there is no separable prefix in the base form, though compounds like ausdehnen exist, in which aus- is a separable prefix.

Noun form: the related noun Dehnung refers to the act of stretching or to elongation in physics and materials science (strain). The adjective dehnbar describes something that can be stretched; dehnbar materials have high elasticity.

Etymology: dehnen comes from older Germanic roots meaning to stretch, with cognates in related languages; it is widely used in German-speaking contexts, including sports, crafts, medicine, and engineering.