versagen.
to fail, to give out, to break down
Meaning & usage
to fail, to give out, to break down
Meine Stimme versagt.
Du hast auf ganzer Linie versagt!
to refuse; to deny
Man versagt mir Zugang zu den Akten.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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