vergeigen
German, verb
vergeigen is spelled V-E-R-G-E-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergeigen is a German verb meaning “to screw up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vergeigen is a different word: “gerund of vergeigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf der Geige falsche Töne spielen”.
What does vergeigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto screw up
Er vergeigte die Prüfung
- 2
rareto play the wrong note on the violin
- 3
rareto spend time playing violin
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vergeigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. auf der Geige falsche Töne spielen 2. bei einer Sache erfolglos sein, etwas verderben 3. eine gewisse Zeit Geige spielend verbringen
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 vergeigen
- vergeigt present singular third-person
- vergeigte past
- haben auxiliary
- vergeigend participle present
- vergeige first-person indicative present
- vergeigst indicative present second-person
- vergeigest second-person singular subjunctive
- vergeiget plural second-person subjunctive
- vergeigten first-person indicative plural
- vergeigtest indicative preterite second-person
- vergeigtet indicative plural preterite
- vergeig imperative second-person singular
- habe vergeigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vergeigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vergeig! imperative singular
- vergeige! imperative singular
- vergeigt! imperative plural
- vergeigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vergeigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergeigen in German?
vergeigen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).