Vergeltung
German, noun/fərˈɡɛltʊŋ/
Vergeltung is a German feminine noun meaning “retribution; retaliation (requital for a bad deed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Strafe, Genugtuung für eine (meist negative) Handlung”.
What does Vergeltung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineretribution; retaliation (requital for a bad deed)
- 2
femininereward; recompense (requital for a good deed)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Strafe, Genugtuung für eine (meist negative) Handlung
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 Vergeltung
- Vergeltungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vergeltung?
- /fərˈɡɛltʊŋ/
- /fɛr-/
- [fɐˈɡɛltʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vergeltung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vergeltung in German?
Vergeltung appears 3.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).