Marktversagen
German, noun[ˈmaʁktfɛɐ̯ˌzaːɡn̩]
Marktversagen is spelled M-A-R-K-T-V-E-R-S-A-G-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Marktversagen is a German neuter noun meaning “market failure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Situation, in der Ressourcen schlecht genutzt und/oder Produkte falsch verteilt werden, da sie nicht den…”.
What does Marktversagen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermarket failure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Situation, in der Ressourcen schlecht genutzt und/oder Produkte falsch verteilt werden, da sie nicht den maximalen Nutzen erzielen; Marktversagen kann sehr verschiedene Ursachen haben
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 Marktversagen
- Marktversagens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Marktversagen?
- [ˈmaʁktfɛɐ̯ˌzaːɡn̩]
- [ˈmaʁktfɛɐ̯ˌzaːɡŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Marktversagen in German?
Marktversagen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).