vermögen
German, verb
vermögen is spelled V-E-R-M-Ö-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,961st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermögen is a German verb meaning “to be able to; may” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vermögen is a different word: “ability, capacity”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Lage sein, etwas zu tun”.
What does vermögen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be able to; may
Das vermag ich nicht zu machen.
- 2
to cause, to force, to impel
noun
- 1
neuterability, capacity
- 2
neuterfortune (lots of riches), wealth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leistungsfähigkeit, Können 2. Gesamtheit an Geld und geldwerten Gütern im Besitz einer Person oder eines Unternehmens
verb: 1. in der Lage sein, etwas zu tun
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 vermögen
- vermag present singular third-person
- vermochte past
- vermocht participle past
- vermöchte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- vermögend participle present
- vermöge first-person singular subjunctive
- vermagst indicative present second-person
- vermögt indicative plural present
- vermögest second-person singular subjunctive
- vermöget plural second-person subjunctive
- vermochten first-person indicative plural
- vermöchten first-person formal plural
- vermochtest indicative preterite second-person
- vermochtet indicative plural preterite
- vermöchtest formal rare second-person
- vermöchtet formal plural rare
- habe vermocht first-person indicative multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vermögen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermögen in German?
vermögen appears 28 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).