verkrusten
German, verb
verkrusten is spelled V-E-R-K-R-U-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verkrusten is a German verb meaning “to become caked, encrusted, covered with scab, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verkrusten is a different word: “gerund of verkrusten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine harte, unelastische Oberfläche (Kruste) bilden”.
What does verkrusten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become caked, encrusted, covered with scab, etc.
- 2
to cake, encrust (a surface)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verkrusten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine harte, unelastische Oberfläche (Kruste) bilden 2. unflexibel werden, sich nicht mehr anpassen oder weiterentwickeln
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 verkrusten
- verkrustet present singular third-person
- verkrustete past
- haben auxiliary
- verkrustend participle present
- verkruste first-person indicative present
- verkrustest indicative present second-person
- verkrusteten first-person indicative plural
- verkrustetest indicative preterite second-person
- verkrustetet indicative plural preterite
- verkrust imperative second-person singular
- habe verkrustet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verkrustet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verkrust! imperative singular
- verkruste! imperative singular
- verkrustet! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
- verkrustet sein active infinitive perfect
- verkrustet gewesen sein statal-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verkrusten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verkrusten in German?
verkrusten appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).