verzögern
German, verb
verzögern is spelled V-E-R-Z-Ö-G-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verzögern is a German verb meaning “to delay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verzögern is a different word: “gerund of verzögern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Ablauf unterbrechen, so dass ein bestimmtes Ereignis später eintrifft”.
What does verzögern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to delay
- 2
to protract
- 3
to be delayed
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verzögern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Ablauf unterbrechen, so dass ein bestimmtes Ereignis später eintrifft 2. später eintreffen als geplant
noun: 1. zeitliche Verschiebung auf einen späteren als den erwarteten oder angekündigten Zeitpunkt
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 verzögern
- verzögert present singular third-person
- verzögerte past
- haben auxiliary
- verzögernd participle present
- verzögre first-person indicative present
- verzögere first-person indicative present
- verzöger first-person indicative present
- verzögerst indicative present second-person
- verzögerest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzögrest second-person singular subjunctive
- verzögeret plural second-person subjunctive
- verzögret plural second-person subjunctive
- verzögerten first-person indicative plural
- verzögertest indicative preterite second-person
- verzögertet indicative plural preterite
- verzöger! imperative singular
- verzögere! imperative singular
- verzögert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verzögern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verzögern in German?
verzögern appears 2.4 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).