gerond

Gerond is a term that exists in different languages with distinct senses, and its meaning depends on the linguistic context. In Dutch usage, gerond is the past participle of the verb ronden, meaning “rounded.” It functions as an adjective describing a shape or form, for example a geronde vorm or a gerond hoek. In ordinary Dutch, phrases about completed actions typically prefer afgerond, while gerond is more common when the emphasis is on a physical, rounded quality rather than on completion.

In linguistics, gerond is not a standard technical term in most languages. The form often discussed in grammar is the gerund, the non-finite verb form that can function as a noun. Many languages have a gerund or gerund-like form with language-specific names such as Spanish gerundio, French gérondif, Italian gerundio, or Romanian gerunziu. Some sources may transliterate or translate these forms in various ways, but using “gerond” as a universal label is not widely accepted in formal grammar.

Etymology differs between senses. The Dutch sense of gerond comes from ge- plus rond, related to the word for round. The English sense derives from Latin gerundium, from the verb gerere “to bear” or “to carry.” The two uses are not etymologically connected beyond phonetic similarity.

See also: gerund, gerundio, gérondif, gerunziu, gerundium.