vergrauen
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən]
vergrauen is spelled V-E-R-G-R-A-U-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergrauen is a German verb meaning “to get grey (e.g., from dirt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Farbe zu grau ändern, einen Graustich kriegen”.
What does vergrauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get grey (e.g., from dirt)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Farbe zu grau ändern, einen Graustich kriegen
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 vergrauen
- vergraut present singular third-person
- vergraute past
- sein auxiliary
- vergrauend participle present
- vergraue first-person indicative present
- vergraust indicative present second-person
- vergrauest second-person singular subjunctive
- vergrauet plural second-person subjunctive
- vergrauten first-person indicative plural
- vergrautest indicative preterite second-person
- vergrautet indicative plural preterite
- vergrau imperative second-person singular
- bin vergraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind vergraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vergrau! imperative singular
- vergraue! imperative singular
- vergraut! imperative plural
- vergraut sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vergrauen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vergrauen in German?
vergrauen appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).