wölbt

Wölbt is the third-person singular present indicative form of the German verb wölben, which means to arch, bulge, or vault. The sense is typically used to describe outward curvature in solid objects such as arches, vaults, rocks, or limbs. In architectural writing, one might find sentences like “Der Bogen wölbt sich über den Platz,” while in natural descriptions the phrase “Die Küste wölbt sich zum Meer hin” conveys a curved profile.

Conjugation and related forms: ich wölbe, du wölbst, er wölbt; simple past wölbte; present perfect hat gewölbt. The past participle is gewölbt. In practical usage, wölbt appears mainly in formal or descriptive contexts; in everyday language the adjective gewölbt or andeutungen wie bogenförmig are often preferred to describe curvature. As a proper noun, Wölbt can occur as a surname or place name in German texts, but this is unrelated to the verb’s meaning.