versagen

See also: Versagen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), virsagen, vorsagen, fersagen, from Old High German firsagen, firsagēn (“to deny, refuse, excuse”), from Proto-West Germanic *frasaggjan, equivalent to ver- +‎ sagen. Cognate with English forsay, Dutch verzeggen (“to deny, forbid”), German Low German verseggen (“to refuse, deny”), Swedish försäga (“to misspeak, say too much”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈzaːɡn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈzaːɡŋ̩]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧sa‧gen

Verb

versagen (weak, third-person singular present versagt, past tense versagte, past participle versagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to fail, to give out, to break down
  2. (ditransitive) to refuse; to deny

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “versagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “versagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “versagen” in Duden online
  • “versagen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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