Versteigerung
German, noun/fɛʁˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋ/
Versteigerung is spelled V-E-R-S-T-E-I-G-E-R-U-N-G (13 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Versteigerung is a German feminine noun meaning “auction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veranstaltung, wo mehrere Personen (Bieter) ihr Gebot zu einer Sache abgeben können”.
What does Versteigerung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineauction
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Veranstaltung, wo mehrere Personen (Bieter) ihr Gebot zu einer Sache abgeben können 2. Vorgang, in dem etwas zum höchst gebotenen Preis verkauft wird
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 Versteigerung
- Versteigerungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Versteigerung?
- /fɛʁˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋ/
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtaɪ̯ɡəʁʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Versteigerung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Versteigerung in German?
Versteigerung appears 2.5 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).