verstopfen

Etymology
From, from , from ; equivalent to. Cognate with 🇨🇬,.

Verb

 * 1)  to plug; to clog
 * 2)  to become clogged; to clog up
 * 3)  to become clogged; to clog up
 * 1)  to become clogged; to clog up
 * 2)  to become clogged; to clog up
 * 1)  to become clogged; to clog up

Usage notes

 * The auxiliary is in transitive and reflexive use, but  in intransitive use. (The latter is fairly rare, as explained hereunder.)
 * This sense is usually construed as an intransitive verb in the present, preterite, and future tenses. In the perfect tenses, on the other hand, the reflexive construction is often preferred for clarity. Compare the last example sentence above, which could also be rendered as: . This would be less clear, however, because it could mean—and would usually mean—that the pipe has been clogged ever since the renovation (present tense of the copula + adjectival participle).