vergangen
\fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋən\
The verdict
“vergangen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passé, qui appartient au passé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vergangen · vergangen · French
vergangen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vergangen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vergangen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \fɛɐ̯ˈɡaŋən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for vergangen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is vergangen, spelled V-E-R-G-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Passé, qui appartient au passé.
- 2Précédent, dernier, qui vient immédiatement avant le présent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vergangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Neben Russland stimmten lediglich Belarus, Nordkorea, Syrien und Eritrea gegen die Resoution. 35 Staaten enthielten sich, darunter neben China, Indien und Iran auch Länder wie Kuba, Venezuela oder Nicaragua, die bei vergangenen Abstimmungen meist die Position Russlands unterstützt hatten.
Von Notz forderte auch vergangene Einmischungsversuche von russischer Seite genau zu überprüfen und auch die Spionageabwehr besser auszustatten. Nur so könnten solche Versuche künftig schneller erkannt und unterbunden werden.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.