versehen
German, verb
versehen is spelled V-E-R-S-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versehen is a German verb meaning “to perform (a service or duty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versehen is a different word: “mistake, oversight”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas mit etwas ausstatten”.
What does versehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perform (a service or duty)
- 2
to hold (an office)
- 3
to emblazon with
- 4
to provide with
- 5
to make a mistake
Ich habe mich versehen.
- 6
archaicto expect
adjective
- 1
provided, equipped
noun
- 1
neutermistake, oversight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas mit etwas ausstatten 2. ein Amt/einen Dienst ausführen/ausfüllen 3. sich irren 4. schneller, unerwarteter, als man denkt; ohne dass man es rechtzeitig bemerkt
noun: 1. nicht beabsichtigtes Fehlverhalten
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 versehen
- versieht present singular third-person
- versah past
- versähe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- versehend participle present
- versehe first-person indicative present
- versiehst indicative present second-person
- verseht indicative plural present
- versehest second-person singular subjunctive
- versehet plural second-person subjunctive
- versahen first-person indicative plural
- versähen first-person formal plural
- versahst indicative preterite second-person
- versaht indicative plural preterite
- versähest formal rare second-person
- versähst formal rare second-person
- versähet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versehen in German?
versehen appears 32 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).