vergüten
German, verb
vergüten is spelled V-E-R-G-Ü-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 67,080th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vergüten is a German verb meaning “to compensate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vergüten is a different word: “gerund of vergüten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “für eine geleistete Arbeit bezahlen”.
What does vergüten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compensate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vergüten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. für eine geleistete Arbeit bezahlen 2. für eine Ausgabe/Auslage oder einen Schaden einstehen und dafür eine Ausgleichszahlung vornehmen 3. die Qualität von zum Beispiel Stahl (härten) oder Glas (entspiegeln) verbessern
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 vergüten
- vergütet present singular third-person
- vergütete past
- haben auxiliary
- vergütend participle present
- vergüte first-person indicative present
- vergütest indicative present second-person
- vergüteten first-person indicative plural
- vergütetest indicative preterite second-person
- vergütetet indicative plural preterite
- vergüt imperative second-person singular
- habe vergütet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vergütet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vergüt! imperative singular
- vergüte! imperative singular
- vergütet! imperative plural
- vergütet haben active infinitive perfect
- vergütet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- vergütet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vergüten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vergüten in German?
vergüten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).