verstören
German, verb
verstören is spelled V-E-R-S-T-Ö-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstören is a German verb meaning “to disturb (of someone's mental state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verstören is a different word: “gerund of verstören”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark beunruhigen, in tiefe Verwirrung stürzen, aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht bringen”.
What does verstören mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disturb (of someone's mental state)
Das gruselige Gemälde in der Ecke verstört mich.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstören
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. stark beunruhigen, in tiefe Verwirrung stürzen, aus dem inneren Gleichgewicht bringen
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 verstören
- verstört present singular third-person
- verstörte past
- haben auxiliary
- verstörend participle present
- verstöre first-person indicative present
- verstörst indicative present second-person
- verstörest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstöret plural second-person subjunctive
- verstörten first-person indicative plural
- verstörtest indicative preterite second-person
- verstörtet indicative plural preterite
- verstör imperative second-person singular
- habe verstört first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verstört first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verstör! imperative singular
- verstöre! imperative singular
- verstört! imperative plural
- verstört haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is verstören in German?
verstören appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).