offenbleiben
German, verb[ˈɔfn̩ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
offenbleiben is spelled O-F-F-E-N-B-L-E-I-B-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Offenbleiben is a German verb meaning “to remain unresolved (of a question, problem)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungeklärt sein, ungelöst sein (meist um in Zukunft geklärt/gelöst zu werden)”.
What does offenbleiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remain unresolved (of a question, problem)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ungeklärt sein, ungelöst sein (meist um in Zukunft geklärt/gelöst zu werden)
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 offenbleiben
- bleibt offen present singular third-person
- blieb offen past
- offengeblieben participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- offenbleibend participle present
- offenzubleiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- bleibe offen first-person indicative present
- bleiben offen first-person indicative plural
- bleibst offen indicative present second-person
- bleibest offen second-person singular subjunctive
- bleibet offen plural second-person subjunctive
- blieben offen first-person indicative plural
- bliebe offen first-person singular subjunctive
- bliebst offen indicative preterite second-person
- bliebt offen indicative plural preterite
- bliebest offen second-person singular subjunctive
- bliebet offen plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce offenbleiben?
- [ˈɔfn̩ˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
- [ˈɔfn̩ˌblaɪ̯bm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is offenbleiben in German?
offenbleiben 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).