verstopfte

Verstopfte is a form of the verb verstopfen in German and verstoppen in Dutch, used as an adjective meaning blocked, clogged, or congested. It denotes something that has an obstruction or accumulation of material, reducing its function. In German, verstopfte is typically used attributively before a noun (for example, eine verstopfte Leitung) or predicatively after forms of sein in the variant verstopft. The predicative form verstopft is more common in everyday speech, while verstopfte appears frequently in written or formal usage.

In German, common applications include bodily conditions and infrastructure. For example, eine verstopfte Nase refers to a stuffy nose, and eine verstopfte Leitung to a blocked pipe or conduit. The term can describe natural or man-made blockages, such as clogs, debris in drains, or congested passages in machinery.

In Dutch, verstoppen means to clog or block. The word is used similarly to indicate that a passage is obstructed or that an object has been clogged. Typical phrases include describing a blockage in a drain or pipe and noting the condition of a passage as verstopte or verstopt depending on the construction. In everyday language, expressions about clogged drains or blocked passages are common in home maintenance and medical contexts.

Etymology and related forms: the term combines the German or Dutch verb stem with the prefix ver-, which can convey intensification or a sense of thoroughness, paired with stoppen/stopfen meaning to stop up or block. Related terms in both languages describe similar states of obstruction.

See also: blockage, clogging, stuffy nose, plumbing, maintenance.