ghosten
German, verb/ˈɡɔʊ̯stn̩/
ghosten is spelled G-H-O-S-T-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ghosten is a German verb meaning “to ghost [with accusative] (to stop communicating with someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (plötzlich, von einem Tag auf den anderen) zurückziehen und nicht mehr auf Ansprache reagieren”.
What does ghosten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ghost [with accusative] (to stop communicating with someone)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich (plötzlich, von einem Tag auf den anderen) zurückziehen und nicht mehr auf Ansprache reagieren
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 ghosten
- ghostet present singular third-person
- ghostete past
- geghostet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ghostend participle present
- ghoste first-person indicative present
- ghostest indicative present second-person
- ghosteten first-person indicative plural
- ghostetest indicative preterite second-person
- ghostetet indicative plural preterite
- ghost imperative second-person singular
- habe geghostet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geghostet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ghoste! imperative singular
- ghostet! imperative plural
- geghostet haben active infinitive perfect
- geghostet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geghostet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ghosten?
- /ˈɡɔʊ̯stn̩/
- /ˈɡoː-/
- [ˈɡɔʊ̯stn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ghosten in German?
ghosten appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).