verstorben
German, adjective/fɛʁˈʃtɔʁbn̩/
verstorben is spelled V-E-R-S-T-O-R-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstorben is a German adjective meaning “deceased, late” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of versterben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu leben aufgehört habend”.
What does verstorben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deceased, late
ihr verstorbener Mann
verb
- 1
past participle of versterben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zu leben aufgehört habend
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 verstorben
- verstorbener masculine nominative singular
- verstorbene feminine nominative singular
- verstorbenes neuter nominative singular
- verstorbenen genitive masculine singular
- verstorbenem dative masculine singular
- der verstorbene definite includes-article masculine
- die verstorbene definite feminine includes-article
- das verstorbene definite includes-article neuter
- die verstorbenen definite includes-article nominative
- des verstorbenen definite genitive includes-article
- der verstorbenen definite feminine genitive
- dem verstorbenen dative definite includes-article
- den verstorbenen dative definite includes-article
- verst. abbreviation
- [1] † symbol
- verstorbner positive nominative strong
- verstorbne positive nominative strong
- verstorbnes positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verstorben?
- /fɛʁˈʃtɔʁbn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔʁbn̩]
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɔʁbm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to verstorben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verstorben in German?
verstorben appears 7.4 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).