volar
[voˈlaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“volar” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Hohlhand gehörig; auf der Innenseite der Hand liegend
Corpus desk
Index DE-volar · volar · German
volar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | volar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [voˈlaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „volar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
volar is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [voˈlaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zur Hohlhand gehörig; auf der Innenseite der Hand liegend".
No generated misspelling entries exist for volar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is volar, spelled V-O-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1zur Hohlhand gehörig; auf der Innenseite der Hand liegend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how volar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der klinischen Untersuchung läßt sich die Elle nach volar zurückdrücken, federt aber nach dem Loslassen sofort wieder in die Subluxationsstellung zurück.
Die Luxationsrichtung - nach dorsal häufiger als nach volar - zeigt entweder die Frontalaufnahme oder in den ulnearen Karpometakarpalgelenken die volodorsale Aufnahme in Halbsupination an.
Synonyms
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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.