versäumen

B2

to miss / fail / lose (wenig benutzt)

English meaning
to miss / fail / lose (wenig benutzt)

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versäumen in a sentence

Er versäumte nicht, anzurufen.

He didn't fail to call.

Conjugation of versäumen

ichversäume
duversäumst
er/sie/esversäumt
wirversäumen
ihrversäumt
sie/Sieversäumen
Simple past (er/sie/es)
versäumte
Perfect
hat versäumt

Word family

versäumen is built from säumen (to line / hem / border) and der Vers (verse/line of poetry). German builds meaning by welding words together, so knowing the parts usually gives you the whole.

Where versäumen comes from

mittelhochdeutsch versūmen „ungetan, unbeachtet lassen, ab-, auf-, zurückhalten, irren, vernachlässigen, im Stich lassen, sich verspäten“, althochdeutsch firsūmen, belegt seit dem 9. Jahrhundert :Ableitung von säumen mit dem Präfix ver-

Words that go with versäumen

Questions about versäumen

How do you conjugate versäumen?

Present tense: versäume, versäumst, versäumt, versäumen, versäumt, versäumen. Simple past: versäumte. Perfect: hat versäumt.

What does versäumen mean in English?

versäumen means "to miss / fail / lose (wenig benutzt)". For example: "Er versäumte nicht, anzurufen." — "He didn't fail to call."

What level is versäumen in German?

versäumen is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate.

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