verköstigen
German, verb
verköstigen is spelled V-E-R-K-Ö-S-T-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verköstigen is a German verb meaning “to feed (e.g. guests)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verköstigen is a different word: “gerund of verköstigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Essen und Trinken (Nahrung) versorgen”.
What does verköstigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feed (e.g. guests)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verköstigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Essen und Trinken (Nahrung) versorgen 2. Kosten aufwenden, sich in Unkosten stürzen
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 verköstigen
- verköstigt present singular third-person
- verköstigte past
- haben auxiliary
- verköstigend participle present
- verköstige first-person indicative present
- verköstigst indicative present second-person
- verköstigest second-person singular subjunctive
- verköstiget plural second-person subjunctive
- verköstigten first-person indicative plural
- verköstigtest indicative preterite second-person
- verköstigtet indicative plural preterite
- verköstig imperative second-person singular
- habe verköstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verköstigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verköstig! imperative singular
- verköstige! imperative singular
- verköstigt! imperative plural
- verköstigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verköstigen in German?
verköstigen 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).