# das Versagen

das Versagen is a German noun meaning “failure”. Forms: des Versagens.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Versagens

## In other languages

- Русский: провал, неудача

## Meanings

1. _no plural_ failure

## Examples

- Wir dulden kein Versagen. — We don't tolerate failure.
- Er schrieb sein Versagen seinem Pech zu. — He attributed his failure to bad luck.
- Meine Mutter war von meinem Versagen enttäuscht. — My mother was disappointed by my failure.
- Sie machte Pech für ihr Versagen verantwortlich. — She ascribed her failure to bad luck.
- Er musste für sein Versagen Rechenschaft ablegen. — He was asked to account for his failure.

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