verkleben
German, verb
verkleben is spelled V-E-R-K-L-E-B-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 86,281st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkleben is a German verb meaning “to stick together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkleben is a different word: “gerund of verkleben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Dinge mit einem Leim (Kleber, Klebstoff) aneinander befestigen, etwas mittels Kleber verschließen”.
What does verkleben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stick together
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkleben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dinge mit einem Leim (Kleber, Klebstoff) aneinander befestigen, etwas mittels Kleber verschließen 2. durch eine (klebende, klebrige) Substanz aneinanderhängen/aneinanderhaften/verschließen 3. bei dem Vorgang des Verleimens (Klebens) aufbrauchen
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 verkleben
- verklebt present singular third-person
- verklebte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- verklebend participle present
- verklebe first-person indicative present
- verklebst indicative present second-person
- verklebest second-person singular subjunctive
- verklebet plural second-person subjunctive
- verklebten first-person indicative plural
- verklebtest indicative preterite second-person
- verklebtet indicative plural preterite
- verkleb imperative second-person singular
- habe verklebt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verkleb! imperative singular
- verklebe! imperative singular
- verklebt! imperative plural
- verklebt haben auxiliary active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verkleben in German?
verkleben appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).