erstarren
German, verb
erstarren is spelled E-R-S-T-A-R-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 49,558th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstarren is a German verb meaning “to congeal, set or stiffen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erstarren is a different word: “gerund of erstarren; setting, gelation”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “starr werden, die Beweglichkeit verlieren”.
What does erstarren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to congeal, set or stiffen
- 2
to freeze, to become motionless
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erstarren; setting, gelation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. starr werden, die Beweglichkeit verlieren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of erstarren
- erstarrt present singular third-person
- erstarrte past
- sein auxiliary
- erstarrend participle present
- erstarre first-person indicative present
- erstarrst indicative present second-person
- erstarrest second-person singular subjunctive
- erstarret plural second-person subjunctive
- erstarrten first-person indicative plural
- erstarrtest indicative preterite second-person
- erstarrtet indicative plural preterite
- erstarr imperative second-person singular
- bin erstarrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind erstarrt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erstarr! imperative singular
- erstarrt! imperative plural
- erstarrt sein active infinitive perfect
- erstarrt gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erstarren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erstarren in German?
erstarren appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).