Die Wunde blutet.

Because Wunde is a feminine noun in German. Its basic dictionary form is die Wunde.

German nouns have grammatical gender:

• der = masculine
• die = feminine
• das = neuter

So in the nominative singular, you say die Wunde.

It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing doing the action.

In Die Wunde blutet, the wound is the thing that bleeds, so die Wunde is nominative.

Because the verb is conjugated for third-person singular: he/she/it.

The infinitive is bluten = to bleed.

Present tense:

• ich blute
• du blutest
• er/sie/es blutet
• wir bluten
• ihr blutet
• sie/Sie bluten

Since die Wunde is grammatically like it, the correct form is blutet.

Because German often uses the simple present where English prefers the present progressive.

So:

• German: Die Wunde blutet.
• Natural English: The wound is bleeding.

German does not usually need a separate form like is bleeding for this kind of sentence. The present tense blutet is enough.

Yes, grammatically it could. The German present tense can cover both:

• The wound bleeds
• The wound is bleeding

In real context, though, Die Wunde blutet will usually be understood as The wound is bleeding.

Yes, bluten is a regular weak verb.

It follows normal present-tense patterns:

• blute
• blutest
• blutet
• bluten

Its past forms are also regular:

• simple past: blutete
• past participle: geblutet

Example:

• Die Wunde hat stark geblutet. = The wound bled a lot / has bled a lot.

Because all nouns are capitalized in German.

So:

• die Wunde = the wound
• blutet is not capitalized because it is a verb

This is one of the most noticeable spelling rules in German.

A rough guide:

• Wunde sounds like VOON-duh
• blutet sounds like BLOO-tet

A few key points:

• German w sounds like English v
• German u here is like oo in food
• the final -e in Wunde is a soft uh
• eu is not present here, so both words have a clear oo sound

Literally, die Wunde means the wound.

If you wanted a wound, you would usually say:

• eine Wunde

So:

• Die Wunde blutet. = The wound is bleeding.
• Eine Wunde blutet. = A wound is bleeding.

In context, German sometimes uses the definite article where English might phrase things a little differently, but here die is simply the.

Yes, but then it becomes a question:

• Die Wunde blutet. = The wound is bleeding.
• Blutet die Wunde? = Is the wound bleeding?

This shows a basic German rule:

• statement: subject often comes first, verb second
• yes/no question: verb comes first

The plural of die Wunde is die Wunden.

Examples:

• Die Wunde blutet. = The wound is bleeding.
• Die Wunden bluten. = The wounds are bleeding.

Notice the changes:

• singular noun: Wunde
• plural noun: Wunden
• singular verb: blutet
• plural verb: bluten

Yes. They are related, but they are not the same word.

• die Wunde = the wound
• wund = sore, raw, chafed

Examples:

• Die Wunde blutet. = The wound is bleeding.
• Meine Hände sind wund. = My hands are sore/raw.

So they are connected in meaning, but one is a noun and the other is an adjective.