verdursten
German, verb/fɛrˈdʊrstən/
verdursten is spelled V-E-R-D-U-R-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verdursten is a German verb meaning “to die of thirst” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “an Wassermangel sterben”.
What does verdursten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to die of thirst
- 2
to be very thirsty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. an Wassermangel sterben 2. sehr viel Durst haben
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 verdursten
- verdurstet present singular third-person
- verdurstete past
- sein auxiliary
- verdurstend participle present
- verdurste first-person indicative present
- verdurstest indicative present second-person
- verdursteten first-person indicative plural
- verdurstetest indicative preterite second-person
- verdurstetet indicative plural preterite
- verdurst imperative second-person singular
- bin verdurstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind verdurstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verdurst! imperative singular
- verdurste! imperative singular
- verdurstet! imperative plural
- verdurstet sein active infinitive perfect
- verdurstet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
- zu verdursten active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verdursten?
- /fɛrˈdʊrstən/
- [fɛrˈdʊrst(ə)n]
- [fɛʁˈdʊʁst(ə)n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is verdursten in German?
verdursten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).