vergnügen
German, verb
vergnügen is spelled V-E-R-G-N-Ü-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergnügen is a German verb meaning “to please” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vergnügen is a different word: “joy, pleasure”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Freude machen/erzeugen”.
What does vergnügen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to please
- 2
to enjoy oneself
noun
- 1
neuterjoy, pleasure
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Beglückung, helle oder heitere Stimmung, Frohgefühl 2. gesellige Veranstaltung
verb: 1. Freude machen/erzeugen 2. Spaß haben, sich die Zeit vertreiben, sich eine Freude machen
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 vergnügen
- Vergnügens genitive
- vergnügt present singular third-person
- vergnügte past
- haben auxiliary
- vergnügend participle present
- vergnüge first-person indicative present
- vergnügst indicative present second-person
- vergnügest second-person singular subjunctive
- vergnüget plural second-person subjunctive
- vergnügten first-person indicative plural
- vergnügtest indicative preterite second-person
- vergnügtet indicative plural preterite
- vergnüg imperative second-person singular
- vergnüg! imperative singular
- vergnüge! imperative singular
- vergnügt! imperative plural
- vergnügt haben active infinitive perfect
- vergnügt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vergnügen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergnügen in German?
vergnügen appears 16 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).