versteigern
German, verb
versteigern is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-I-G-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versteigern is a German verb meaning “to auction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versteigern is a different word: “gerund of versteigern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei einer Auktion verkaufen”.
What does versteigern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to auction
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versteigern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bei einer Auktion verkaufen
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 versteigern
- versteigert present singular third-person
- versteigerte past
- haben auxiliary
- versteigernd participle present
- versteigre first-person indicative present
- versteigere first-person indicative present
- versteiger first-person indicative present
- versteigerst indicative present second-person
- versteigerest second-person singular subjunctive
- versteigrest second-person singular subjunctive
- versteigeret plural second-person subjunctive
- versteigret plural second-person subjunctive
- versteigerten first-person indicative plural
- versteigertest indicative preterite second-person
- versteigertet indicative plural preterite
- versteigere! imperative singular
- versteigert! imperative plural
- versteigert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versteigern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versteigern in German?
versteigern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).