zerstieben
German, verb
zerstieben is spelled Z-E-R-S-T-I-E-B-E-N (10 letters). Zerstieben is a German verb meaning “to dissolve into dustlike fragments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zerstieben is a different word: “gerund of zerstieben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in kleine Stücke auflösen und davonfliegen”.
What does zerstieben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dissolve into dustlike fragments
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zerstieben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich in kleine Stücke auflösen und davonfliegen
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 zerstieben
- zerstiebt present singular third-person
- zerstob past
- zerstoben participle past
- zerstöbe past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- zerstiebend participle present
- zerstiebe first-person indicative present
- zerstiebst indicative present second-person
- zerstiebest second-person singular subjunctive
- zerstiebet plural second-person subjunctive
- zerstöben first-person formal plural
- zerstobst indicative preterite second-person
- zerstobt indicative plural preterite
- zerstöbest formal rare second-person
- zerstöbst formal rare second-person
- zerstöbet formal plural rare
- zerstöbt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).