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verärgern

German, verb

verärgern is spelled V-E-R-Ä-R-G-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 42,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verärgern is a German verb meaning “to annoy, to anger, to upset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verärgern is a different word: “gerund of verärgern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem die Laune verderben, Missmut (Ärger) hervorrufen”.

What does verärgern mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to annoy, to anger, to upset

  2. 2

    to antagonize

noun

as Verärgern
  1. 1

    neutergerund of verärgern

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. jemandem die Laune verderben, Missmut (Ärger) hervorrufen

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 verärgern

  • verärgert present singular third-person
  • verärgerte past
  • haben auxiliary
  • verärgernd participle present
  • verärgre first-person indicative present
  • verärgere first-person indicative present
  • verärger first-person indicative present
  • verärgerst indicative present second-person
  • verärgerest second-person singular subjunctive
  • verärgrest second-person singular subjunctive
  • verärgeret plural second-person subjunctive
  • verärgret plural second-person subjunctive
  • verärgerten first-person indicative plural
  • verärgertest indicative preterite second-person
  • verärgertet indicative plural preterite
  • verärger! imperative singular
  • verärgere! imperative singular
  • verärgert! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to verärgern

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is verärgern in German?

verärgern appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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