tast vor

/[ˌtast ˈfoːɐ̯]/ verb

The verdict

“tast vor” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a verb — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
8
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vortasten

Key facts for tast vor
PropertyValue
Headwordtast vor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌtast ˈfoːɐ̯]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tast vor” sits in German frequency

tast vor falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for tast vor is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌtast ˈfoːɐ̯]. 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: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vortasten".

No misspelling variants are generated for tast vor 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 tast vor, spelled T-A-S-T- -V-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vortasten

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tast vor"?
"tast vor" is spelled T-A-S-T- -V-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌtast ˈfoːɐ̯].
What does "tast vor" mean?
As a verb, "tast vor" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs vortasten
How do you pronounce "tast vor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tast vor" is [ˌtast ˈfoːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tast vor" come from?
"tast vor" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “tast vor”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-A-S-T- -V-O-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌtast ˈfoːɐ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.