verspröden
German, verb
verspröden is a German verb meaning “to embrittle (to go/become brittle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verspröden is a different word: “gerund of verspröden”.
What does verspröden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embrittle (to go/become brittle)
Unter Sonneneinstrahlung verspröden viele Kunststoffe.
- 2
to embrittle (to make brittle)
Die Verbindungshaltbarkeit ist begrenzt, weil der Kleber mit der Zeit die Kunststoffbauteile versprödet.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verspröden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of verspröden
- versprödet present singular third-person
- versprödete past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- versprödend participle present
- verspröde first-person indicative present
- versprödest indicative present second-person
- versprödeten first-person indicative plural
- versprödetest indicative preterite second-person
- versprödetet indicative plural preterite
- verspröd imperative second-person singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verspröden in German?
verspröden appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).