verstaubt

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯pt]

/[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯pt]/ adj

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The verdict

“verstaubt” is uncommon German (frequency #57,534 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,534
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von Staub bedeckt

Corpus desk

Index DE-verstaubt · verstaubt · German

verstaubt · rank #57,534 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,534
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH verspotten

Nearest frequency peer: verspotten (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „verstaubt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „verstaubt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for verstaubt
PropertyValue
Headwordverstaubt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯pt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,534
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „verstaubt“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).verstaubtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „verspotten“ (#57,533), „Verunglimpfung“ (#57,536), „verscheucht“ (#57,531). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „verstaubt“ bei #57,534. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

verstaubt is uncommon German at frequency #57,534 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯pt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for verstaubt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is verstaubt, spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-U-B-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    von Staub bedeckt
  2. 2
    nicht mehr zeitgemäß

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how verstaubt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vor ein paar Jahren hab ich mal ein verstaubtes altes Exemplar gefunden und meiner Sekretärin geschenkt.
  2. Manche dachten, daß es bequemer sei, durch den Graben oder über den Rain zu gehen, wo der Boden unter den Füßen denn doch weicher schien als auf der verstaubten Landstraße.

Synonyms

angestaubtschmutzigstaubbedecktstaubigaltertümlichaltmodischaltväterischantiquiertarchaischgestriginaktuellkonservativprovinziellrückschrittlichrückständigüberaltertüberholtüberlebtunmodernveraltetverzopft

Antonyms

abgestaubtblitzsaubersauberaktuellbrandneuinnovativmodern

This word in other languages

dusty(English)anticuado(Español)poussiéreux(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verstaubt"?
"verstaubt" is spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-U-B-T. The IPA pronunciation is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯pt].
What does "verstaubt" mean?
As an adjective, "verstaubt" means: von Staub bedeckt
How do you pronounce "verstaubt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verstaubt" is [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯pt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "verstaubt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Versagens#57,529veräppelt#57,541verjüngen#57,524verblödet#57,519

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list