verstauben
German, verb
verstauben is spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-U-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstauben is a German verb meaning “to gather dust” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, verstäuben is a different word: “to spray”. On this page, Verstäuben is a different word: “gerund of verstäuben”. With a capital, Verstauben is a different word: “gerund of verstauben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehr und mehr von Staub bedeckt werden”.
What does verstauben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gather dust
verb
- 1
to spray
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstäuben
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstauben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mehr und mehr von Staub bedeckt werden
verb: 1. in kleinsten Tröpfchen verteilen 2. (sich) fein wie Staub verteilen
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 verstauben
- verstäubt present singular third-person
- verstäubte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- verstäubend participle present
- verstäube first-person indicative present
- verstäubst indicative present second-person
- verstäubest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstäubet plural second-person subjunctive
- verstäubten first-person indicative plural
- verstäubtest indicative preterite second-person
- verstäubtet indicative plural preterite
- verstäub imperative second-person singular
- verstaube present
- verstaubst present
- verstaubt present
- verstaubte past
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verstauben in German?
verstauben appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).