versteifen
German, verb
versteifen is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-I-F-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). Versteifen is a German verb meaning “to harden or stiffen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versteifen is a different word: “gerund of versteifen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas so verändern, dass es steifer, härter oder belastbarer wird”.
What does versteifen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harden or stiffen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versteifen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas so verändern, dass es steifer, härter oder belastbarer wird. 2. unbeweglich werden 3. reflexiv: auf etwas bestehen
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 versteifen
- versteift present singular third-person
- versteifte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- versteifend participle present
- versteife first-person indicative present
- versteifst indicative present second-person
- versteifest second-person singular subjunctive
- versteifet plural second-person subjunctive
- versteiften first-person indicative plural
- versteiftest indicative preterite second-person
- versteiftet indicative plural preterite
- versteif imperative second-person singular
- versteif! imperative singular
- versteife! imperative singular
- versteift! imperative plural
- versteift haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versteifen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versteifen in German?
versteifen 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).