frosten
[ˈfʁɔstn̩]
The verdict
“frosten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - frieren, Frost haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-frosten · frosten · German
frosten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | frosten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfʁɔstn̩] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „frosten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
frosten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfʁɔstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
frosten has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is frosten, spelled F-R-O-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1frieren, Frost haben
- 2etwas durch Einfrieren haltbar machen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how frosten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch im April kann es nochmal frosten.
Der Fisch wird noch an Bord gefrostet.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.