vergangen
German, adjective[fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋən]
vergangen is spelled V-E-R-G-A-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergangen is a German adjective meaning “past, bygone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of vergehen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nicht mehr aktuell; in der Vergangenheit liegend”.
What does vergangen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
past, bygone
- 2
preceding
verb
- 1
past participle of vergehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nicht mehr aktuell; in der Vergangenheit liegend
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 vergangen
- vergangener masculine nominative singular
- vergangene feminine nominative singular
- vergangenes neuter nominative singular
- vergangenen genitive masculine singular
- vergangenem dative masculine singular
- der vergangene definite includes-article masculine
- die vergangene definite feminine includes-article
- das vergangene definite includes-article neuter
- die vergangenen definite includes-article nominative
- des vergangenen definite genitive includes-article
- der vergangenen definite feminine genitive
- dem vergangenen dative definite includes-article
- den vergangenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vergangen?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vergangen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergangen in German?
vergangen appears 8.7 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).