vertrösten
German, verb
vertrösten is spelled V-E-R-T-R-Ö-S-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vertrösten is a German verb meaning “to put off somebody, to feed with hopes of something, to promise something for a later point in time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vertrösten is a different word: “gerund of vertrösten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Versprechung oder eine Hoffnung für einen späteren Zeitpunkt machen”.
What does vertrösten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put off somebody, to feed with hopes of something, to promise something for a later point in time
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vertrösten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Versprechung oder eine Hoffnung für einen späteren Zeitpunkt machen
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 vertrösten
- vertröstet present singular third-person
- vertröstete past
- haben auxiliary
- vertröstend participle present
- vertröste first-person indicative present
- vertröstest indicative present second-person
- vertrösteten first-person indicative plural
- vertröstetest indicative preterite second-person
- vertröstetet indicative plural preterite
- vertröst imperative second-person singular
- habe vertröstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vertröstet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vertröst! imperative singular
- vertröste! imperative singular
- vertröstet! imperative plural
- vertröstet haben active infinitive perfect
- vertröstet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- vertröstet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vertrösten in German?
vertrösten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).