vergehen
German, verb
vergehen is spelled V-E-R-G-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergehen is a German verb meaning “to pass, to elapse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vergehen is a different word: “misdemeanor, summary offence”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(rasch) zu Ende kommen”.
What does vergehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pass, to elapse
- 2
to die off, wither, etc.
- 3
to commit a (sex) crime
noun
- 1
neutermisdemeanor, summary offence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (rasch) zu Ende kommen 2. sterben, zugrunde gehen 3. etwas Unmoralisches tun
noun: 1. eine Handlung, die gegen die Moral oder gegen das Gesetz verstößt 2. Straftat, die im Mindestmaß mit Geldstrafe oder Freiheitsstrafe von unter einem Jahr bedroht ist (§ 12 II StGB)
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 vergehen
- vergeht present singular third-person
- verging past
- vergangen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 7 strong
- vergehend participle present
- vergehe first-person indicative present
- vergehst indicative present second-person
- vergehest second-person singular subjunctive
- vergehet plural second-person subjunctive
- vergingen first-person indicative plural
- verginge first-person formal rare
- vergingst indicative preterite second-person
- vergingt indicative plural preterite
- vergingest formal rare second-person
- verginget formal plural rare
- vergeh imperative second-person singular
- vergehe! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vergehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergehen in German?
vergehen appears 11 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).