Vokabahn

Adverb

vergebens

in vain (without success)

C1 rank #7,791

Meanings

Adverb
  1. in vain (without success)

In a sentence

Er versuchte vergebens, seine Frau glücklich zu machen.

He tried to make his wife happy, but in vain.

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vergebens is C1 German — advanced vocabulary, ranked #7,791 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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