Vernachlässigung
German, noun/fɛʁˈnaːχlɛsiɡʊŋ/
Vernachlässigung is spelled V-E-R-N-A-C-H-L-Ä-S-S-I-G-U-N-G (16 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vernachlässigung is a German feminine noun meaning “neglect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einstellung, jemanden oder etwas als geringfügig/unbedeutsam einzustufen und zu missachten”.
What does Vernachlässigung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneglect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung, jemanden oder etwas als geringfügig/unbedeutsam einzustufen und zu missachten
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 Vernachlässigung
- Vernachlässigungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vernachlässigung?
- /fɛʁˈnaːχlɛsiɡʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈnaːxlɛsɪɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vernachlässigung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vernachlässigung in German?
Vernachlässigung appears 1.5 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).