gestört
German, adjective/ɡəˈʃtøːɐ̯t/
gestört is spelled G-E-S-T-Ö-R-T (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gestört is a German adjective meaning “disturbed, impaired, abnormal (mentally)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of stören. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einer zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung beeinträchtigt sein”.
What does gestört mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disturbed, impaired, abnormal (mentally)
Er ist nicht exzentrisch, sondern gestört.
- 2
slangexcellent
verb
- 1
past participle of stören
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einer zwischenmenschlichen Beziehung beeinträchtigt sein 2. aus dem Gleichgewicht sein (Gesundheit, Politik, Umwelt, …) 3. verrückt sein; geistig nicht normal sein; psychisch krank sein
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 gestört
- gestörter masculine nominative singular
- am gestörtesten superlative
- gestörte feminine nominative singular
- gestörtes neuter nominative singular
- gestörten genitive masculine singular
- gestörtem dative masculine singular
- der gestörte definite includes-article masculine
- die gestörte definite feminine includes-article
- das gestörte definite includes-article neuter
- die gestörten definite includes-article nominative
- des gestörten definite genitive includes-article
- der gestörten definite feminine genitive
- dem gestörten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gestört?
- /ɡəˈʃtøːɐ̯t/
- [ɡəˈʃtøːɐ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gestört
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gestört in German?
gestört appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).