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verstopft

German, adjective/fɛʁˈʃtɔpft/

verstopft is spelled V-E-R-S-T-O-P-F-T (9 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstopft is a German adjective meaning “stopped up, stuffy (nose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of verstopfen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Durchfluss von etwas behindernd (beispielsweise Abwasser, Blut, Luft)”.

What does verstopft mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    stopped up, stuffy (nose)

  2. 2

    constipated

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of verstopfen

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present

  2. 2

    second-person plural present

  3. 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. den Durchfluss von etwas behindernd (beispielsweise Abwasser, Blut, Luft) 2. unfähig, sich zu bewegen; Zustand des Staus auf Straßen, wenn zu viele Fahrzeuge gleichzeitig fahren wollen

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 verstopft

  • verstopfter masculine nominative singular
  • am verstopftesten superlative
  • verstopfte positive nominative strong
  • verstopftes positive nominative strong
  • verstopften positive genitive strong
  • verstopftem positive dative strong

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce verstopft?

  • /fɛʁˈʃtɔpft/
  • [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔp͡ft]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to verstopft

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is verstopft in German?

verstopft appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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