verrosten
German, verb
verrosten is spelled V-E-R-R-O-S-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verrosten is a German verb meaning “to rust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verrosten is a different word: “gerund of verrosten; rusting”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rost ansetzen; dabei sein, durch Rosten allmählich zerstört zu werden”.
What does verrosten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rust
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verrosten; rusting
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rost ansetzen; dabei sein, durch Rosten allmählich zerstört zu werden
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 verrosten
- verrostet present singular third-person
- verrostete past
- sein auxiliary
- verrostend participle present
- verroste first-person indicative present
- verrostest indicative present second-person
- verrosteten first-person indicative plural
- verrostetest indicative preterite second-person
- verrostetet indicative plural preterite
- verrost imperative second-person singular
- bin verrostet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind verrostet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verrostet haben active infinitive perfect
- zu verrosten active extended infinitive
- verrostet zu haben active extended infinitive
- er/sie/es verrostet third-person singular present
- er/sie/es verroste third-person singular present
- sie verrosten third-person plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verrosten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verrosten in German?
verrosten appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).