verstummen
German, verb
verstummen is spelled V-E-R-S-T-U-M-M-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstummen is a German verb meaning “to become silent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verstummen is a different word: “gerund of verstummen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(plötzlich) aufhören, die Stimme zu gebrauchen”.
What does verstummen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become silent
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verstummen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (plötzlich) aufhören, die Stimme zu gebrauchen 2. aufhören, Hörbares zu erzeugen
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 verstummen
- verstummt present singular third-person
- verstummte past
- sein auxiliary
- verstummend participle present
- verstumme first-person indicative present
- verstummst indicative present second-person
- verstummest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstummet plural second-person subjunctive
- verstummten first-person indicative plural
- verstummtest indicative preterite second-person
- verstummtet indicative plural preterite
- verstumm imperative second-person singular
- bin verstummt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind verstummt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verstumm! imperative singular
- verstumme! imperative singular
- verstummt! imperative plural
- verstummt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verstummen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verstummen in German?
verstummen appears 1.0 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).