Vergehen
\ˌfɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən\
The verdict
“Vergehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infraction, en particulier infraction pénale. Méfait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vergehen · Vergehen · French
Vergehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | Vergehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌfɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Vergehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌfɛɐ̯ˈɡeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Vergehen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Vergehen, spelled V-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Infraction, en particulier infraction pénale. Méfait.
- 2Délit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vergehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Post aus Florenz, von der Polizia Municipale. Ein Strafzettel, acht Monate nach den Sommerferien. Das Vergehen: mit 51 durch die 50er-Zone gebrettert. Das Bußgeld beträgt 49,98 Euro bei Sofortzahlung und 126,11 bei Nichtzahlung. Was bei Nichtzahlung der Nichtzahlung passiert, steht nirgends.
Dem 39-Jährigen wird vorgeworfen, sich des Drogenhandels, Betrugs und Vergehen im Zusammenhang mit Kindesmissbrauch mitschuldig gemacht zu haben, weil er bei Telegram zu wenig gegen kriminelle Aktivitäten vorgeht und nicht mit den Ermittlungsbehörden kooperiert.
Antonyms
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.