Verspätung
German, noun/fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ/
Verspätung is spelled V-E-R-S-P-Ä-T-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verspätung is a German feminine noun meaning “delay, lateness, late arrival” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Tatsache, dass ein Ereignis später als geplant eintritt”.
What does Verspätung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedelay, lateness, late arrival
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Tatsache, dass ein Ereignis später als geplant eintritt 2. die Länge des Zeitintervalls, um das ein Ereignis später als geplant eintritt
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 Verspätung
- Verspätungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Verspätung?
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ/
- /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpeːtʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃpɛːtʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Verspätung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verspätung in German?
Verspätung appears 9.5 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).