taste vor

/[ˌtastə ˈfoːɐ̯]/ verb

The verdict

“taste 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
9
letters

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

Key facts for taste vor
PropertyValue
Headwordtaste vor
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌtastə ˈfoːɐ̯]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “taste vor” sits in German frequency

taste 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 taste vor is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌtastə ˈfoːɐ̯]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for taste 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 taste vor, spelled T-A-S-T-E- -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
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs vortasten
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs vortasten
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs vortasten

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

  • The one correct German spelling is T-A-S-T-E- -V-O-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌtastə 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.