noun#9,889 by frequency
die Vergeltung
/fərˈɡɛltʊŋ/
requital; reciprocation; payback; retribution
- genitive
- der Vergeltung
- plural
- die Vergeltungen
- built from
- Ver + Geltung
Meanings
- 1
requital; reciprocation; payback (the act of treating someone according to how they treated someone else); retribution; retaliation (requital for a bad deed)
Das Leben ist reich an Opfern und arm an Vergeltungen.
Life is rich in sacrifices and poor in retributions.
Tatoeba · marcelostockle · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
requital; reciprocation; payback (the act of treating someone according to how they treated someone else); reward; recompense (requital for a good deed)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieVergeltung | dieVergeltungen |
| accusative | dieVergeltung | dieVergeltungen |
| dative | derVergeltung | denVergeltungen |
| genitive | derVergeltung | derVergeltungen |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.