versagen

See also: Versagen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German versagen, 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

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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