krümmt

Krümmt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb krümmen, which means to bend, curve, or arc. The infinitive is krümmen; the past participle is gekrümmt. The word is commonly used to describe something that takes a curved or non-straight shape, whether physically bending under weight, following a winding path, or forming an arc in design and art.

In practice, krümmt can refer to a wide range of phenomena. For example, a tree branch under heavy snow can krümmt; a road that winds through a valley can krümmt; or a line in a drawing can krümmt to avoid a straight course. In everyday language, it emphasizes the action of bending or the resulting curvature rather than a simple straightness or straight orientation.

Related terms include krumm, an adjective meaning crooked or curved, and the noun Krümmung, which denotes curvature in mathematical, physical, or geometric contexts. The participle gekrümmt is used to describe something that has already become curved or bent, as in gekrümmt line or gekrümmt shape. Krümmt thus serves both as a grammatical form in speech and as a descriptive word for shapes and trajectories that deviate from straightness.