vergeblich
German, adjective/fɛʁˈɡeːplɪç/
vergeblich is spelled V-E-R-G-E-B-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written German, the 7,590th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergeblich is a German adjective meaning “unavailing, in vain, futile, useless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Scheitern resultierend”.
What does vergeblich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unavailing, in vain, futile, useless
ein vergeblicher Versuch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in Scheitern resultierend
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 vergeblich
- vergeblicher masculine nominative singular
- vergebliche feminine nominative singular
- vergebliches neuter nominative singular
- vergeblichen genitive masculine singular
- vergeblichem dative masculine singular
- der vergebliche definite includes-article masculine
- die vergebliche definite feminine includes-article
- das vergebliche definite includes-article neuter
- die vergeblichen definite includes-article nominative
- des vergeblichen definite genitive includes-article
- der vergeblichen definite feminine genitive
- dem vergeblichen dative definite includes-article
- den vergeblichen dative definite includes-article
- vgbl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vergeblich?
- /fɛʁˈɡeːplɪç/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈɡeːplɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vergeblich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergeblich in German?
vergeblich appears 9.1 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).