versorgen
German, verb
versorgen is spelled V-E-R-S-O-R-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versorgen is a German verb meaning “to look after” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Versorgen is a different word: “gerund of versorgen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem oder einer Sache Nötiges zuführen”.
What does versorgen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to look after
- 2
to treat
- 3
to supply
- 4
to provide for (a family etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of versorgen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem oder einer Sache Nötiges zuführen 2. dafür sorgen, dass jemand die nötige Pflege bekommt 3. etwas verstauen
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 versorgen
- versorgt present singular third-person
- versorgte past
- haben auxiliary
- versorgend participle present
- versorge first-person indicative present
- versorgst indicative present second-person
- versorgest second-person singular subjunctive
- versorget plural second-person subjunctive
- versorgten first-person indicative plural
- versorgtest indicative preterite second-person
- versorgtet indicative plural preterite
- versorg imperative second-person singular
- habe versorgt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben versorgt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vers. abbreviation
- versorg! imperative singular
- versorgt! imperative plural
- versorgt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to versorgen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is versorgen in German?
versorgen appears 12 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).