Fürwort
German, noun/ˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt/
Fürwort is spelled F-Ü-R-W-O-R-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fürwort is a German neuter noun meaning “pronoun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fürsprache; Zuspruch; verbale Unterstützung”.
What does Fürwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterpronoun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fürsprache; Zuspruch; verbale Unterstützung 2. deutsche Bezeichnung für Pronomen; es handelt sich bei Fürwörtern um eine Wortart, deren Wörter ein anderes Wort (meist ein Nomen) oder ein Satzglied im Satz in gleicher Funktion ersetzen kann.
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Fürwort
- Fürwortes genitive
- Fürworts genitive
- Fürwörter plural
- Fürworte dative singular
- Fürwörtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fürwort?
- /ˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt/
- [ˈfyːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fürwort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fürwort in German?
Fürwort appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).