Vergnügung
German, noun[fɛɐ̯ˈɡnyːɡʊŋ]
Vergnügung is spelled V-E-R-G-N-Ü-G-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergnügung is a German feminine noun meaning “entertainment, pleasure, amusement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Beglückung, helle oder heitere Stimmung, Freude”.
What does Vergnügung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineentertainment, pleasure, amusement
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, Freude 2. etwas, was man zur Freude, zum Vergnügen tut
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 Vergnügung
- Vergnügungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vergnügung?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈɡnyːɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vergnügung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vergnügung in German?
Vergnügung appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).