předem
[ˈpr̝̊ɛdɛm]
The verdict
“předem” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — zu einem Zeitpunkt, der vor einem anderen, bestimmten Zeitpunkt liegt; im Voraus, voraus, vorher, vorab, im Vorhinein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | předem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈpr̝̊ɛdɛm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “předem” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for předem is 6 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpr̝̊ɛdɛm]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zu einem Zeitpunkt, der vor einem anderen, bestimmten Zeitpunkt liegt; im Voraus, voraus, vorher, vorab, im Vorhinein".
No misspelling variants are generated for předem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is předem, spelled P-Ř-E-D-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1zu einem Zeitpunkt, der vor einem anderen, bestimmten Zeitpunkt liegt; im Voraus, voraus, vorher, vorab, im Vorhinein
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-Ř-E-D-E-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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