versteinert
German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaɪ̯nɐt/
versteinert is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-I-N-E-R-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versteinert is a German adjective meaning “stony, petrified, expressionless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of versteinern. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu Stein geworden”.
What does versteinert mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stony, petrified, expressionless
ein versteinertes Gesicht
verb
- 1
past participle of versteinern
verb
- 1
third-person singular present
- 2
second-person plural present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu Stein geworden 2. starr vor Schreck, ohne Bewegung von Muskeln
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 versteinert
- versteinerter masculine nominative singular
- versteinerte feminine nominative singular
- versteinertes neuter nominative singular
- versteinerten genitive masculine singular
- versteinertem dative masculine singular
- der versteinerte definite includes-article masculine
- die versteinerte definite feminine includes-article
- das versteinerte definite includes-article neuter
- die versteinerten definite includes-article nominative
- des versteinerten definite genitive includes-article
- der versteinerten definite feminine genitive
- dem versteinerten dative definite includes-article
- den versteinerten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce versteinert?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaɪ̯nɐt/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaɪ̯nɐt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to versteinert
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versteinert in German?
versteinert appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).