versteinern
German, verb
versteinern is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-I-N-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versteinern is a German verb meaning “to petrify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versteinern is a different word: “gerund of versteinern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “über langen Zeitraum zu Gestein werden”.
What does versteinern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to petrify
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versteinern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. über langen Zeitraum zu Gestein werden 2. in einer bestimmten, bewegungslosen Haltung bleiben
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 versteinern
- versteinert present singular third-person
- versteinerte past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- versteinernd participle present
- versteinre first-person indicative present
- versteinere first-person indicative present
- versteiner first-person indicative present
- versteinerst indicative present second-person
- versteinerest second-person singular subjunctive
- versteinrest second-person singular subjunctive
- versteineret plural second-person subjunctive
- versteinret plural second-person subjunctive
- versteinerten first-person indicative plural
- versteinertest indicative preterite second-person
- versteinertet indicative plural preterite
- versteinere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versteinern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versteinern in German?
versteinern appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).