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versonnen

German, adjective/fɛɐ̯ˈzɔnən/

versonnen is spelled V-E-R-S-O-N-N-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 161,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versonnen is a German adjective meaning “pensive, thoughtful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Gedanken versunken, geistig abwesend”.

What does versonnen mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    pensive, thoughtful

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. in Gedanken versunken, geistig abwesend

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 versonnen

  • versonnener masculine nominative singular
  • versonnene feminine nominative singular
  • versonnenes neuter nominative singular
  • versonnenen genitive masculine singular
  • versonnenem dative masculine singular
  • der versonnene definite includes-article masculine
  • die versonnene definite feminine includes-article
  • das versonnene definite includes-article neuter
  • die versonnenen definite includes-article nominative
  • des versonnenen definite genitive includes-article
  • der versonnenen definite feminine genitive
  • dem versonnenen dative definite includes-article
  • den versonnenen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce versonnen?

  • /fɛɐ̯ˈzɔnən/
  • [fɛɐ̯ˈzɔnən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to versonnen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is versonnen in German?

versonnen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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