Versäumnisurteil
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯mnɪsˌʔuːɐ̯taɪ̯l/
Versäumnisurteil is a German neuter noun meaning “default judgement (binding legal judgment in favor of either litigant in a lawsuit based on some failure to take action by the other party)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gerichtliche Entscheidung gegen den Kläger oder den Angeklagten bei unentschuldigtem Nichterscheinen zu einer…”.
What does Versäumnisurteil mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterdefault judgement (binding legal judgment in favor of either litigant in a lawsuit based on some failure to take action by the other party)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gerichtliche Entscheidung gegen den Kläger oder den Angeklagten bei unentschuldigtem Nichterscheinen zu einer mündlichen Verhandlung
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 Versäumnisurteil
- Versäumnisurteiles genitive
- Versäumnisurteils genitive
- Versäumnisurteile plural
- Versäumnisurteilen dative definite plural
- Säumnisurteil variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Versäumnisurteil?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯mnɪsˌʔuːɐ̯taɪ̯l/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯mnɪsˌʔuːɐ̯taɪ̯l]
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔɪ̯mnɪsˌʔʊʁtaɪ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Versäumnisurteil in German?
Versäumnisurteil appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).