versessen
German, adjective/fɛʁˈzɛsn̩/
versessen is spelled V-E-R-S-E-S-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 87,510th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versessen is a German adjective meaning “crazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of versitzen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas mit ganzem Herzen anstrebend, etwas unbedingt haben wollend”.
What does versessen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crazy
- 2
fanatic, closeminded
- 3
stubborn, immovably set in an opinion
verb
- 1
past participle of versitzen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. etwas mit ganzem Herzen anstrebend, etwas unbedingt haben wollend
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 versessen
- versessener masculine nominative singular
- versessene feminine nominative singular
- versessenes neuter nominative singular
- versessenen genitive masculine singular
- versessenem dative masculine singular
- der versessene definite includes-article masculine
- die versessene definite feminine includes-article
- das versessene definite includes-article neuter
- die versessenen definite includes-article nominative
- des versessenen definite genitive includes-article
- der versessenen definite feminine genitive
- dem versessenen dative definite includes-article
- den versessenen dative definite includes-article
- versessner comparative
- am versessensten superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce versessen?
- /fɛʁˈzɛsn̩/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈzɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is versessen in German?
versessen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).