Versager
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈzaːɡɐ/
Versager is spelled V-E-R-S-A-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versager is a German masculine noun meaning “loser, failure, deadbeat (someone who fails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die sehr häufig nicht das Erwartete erfüllt”.
What does Versager mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineloser, failure, deadbeat (someone who fails)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die sehr häufig nicht das Erwartete erfüllt 2. etwas, das nicht den Anforderungen entspricht und/oder den erhofften Erfolg hat 3. plötzliches, meist kurzes Aussetzen oder Versagen
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 Versager
- Versagers genitive
- Versagern dative definite plural
- Vers. abbreviation
- Versagerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Versager?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈzaːɡɐ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzaːɡɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Versager
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Versager in German?
Versager appears 3.5 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).