festkleben
German, verb[ˈfɛstˌkleːbn̩]
festkleben is spelled F-E-S-T-K-L-E-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festkleben is a German verb meaning “to glue firmly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mithilfe eines Klebstoffes (an etwas anderem) festmachen”.
What does festkleben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to glue firmly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas mithilfe eines Klebstoffes (an etwas anderem) festmachen 2. dauernd an etwas haften, festhängen
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 festkleben
- klebt fest present singular third-person
- klebte fest past
- festgeklebt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- festklebend participle present
- festzukleben infinitive infinitive-zu
- klebe fest first-person indicative present
- kleben fest first-person indicative plural
- klebst fest indicative present second-person
- klebest fest second-person singular subjunctive
- klebet fest plural second-person subjunctive
- klebten fest first-person indicative plural
- klebtest fest indicative preterite second-person
- klebtet fest indicative plural preterite
- kleb fest! imperative singular
- klebe fest! imperative singular
- klebt fest! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festkleben?
- [ˈfɛstˌkleːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is festkleben in German?
festkleben appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).