vollführen

[fɔlˈfyːʁən]

/[fɔlˈfyːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“vollführen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,213 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,213
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (eine Handlung) ausführen/durchführen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vollfuhren · vollführen · German

vollführen · rank #75,213 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,213
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Volkstrauertag

Nearest frequency peer: Volkstrauertag (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „vollführen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vollführen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vollführen
PropertyValue
Headwordvollführen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fɔlˈfyːʁən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#75,213
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vollführen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.vollführenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Volkstrauertag“ (#75,212), „vorauszusehen“ (#75,214), „Volksschullehrer“ (#75,211). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vollführen“ bei #75,213. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vollführen is uncommon German at frequency #75,213 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fɔlˈfyːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(eine Handlung) ausführen/durchführen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vollführen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vollführen, spelled V-O-L-L-F-Ü-H-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (eine Handlung) ausführen/durchführen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vollführen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Durch den Garten kam […] ein mittelgroßer Mann von etwa 32 Jahren in einem grüngelben, wolligen und langschößigen Anzug und grauen Zwirnhandschuhen […] – Schon von weitem vollführte er mit seinem großen, hellgrauen Hut eine Gebärde der Ergebenheit.“ (Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks)

Synonyms

verrichtenverwirklichenvollbringen

This word in other languages

perform(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vollführen"?
"vollführen" is spelled V-O-L-L-F-Ü-H-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fɔlˈfyːʁən].
What does "vollführen" mean?
As a verb, "vollführen" means: (eine Handlung) ausführen/durchführen
How do you pronounce "vollführen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vollführen" is [fɔlˈfyːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vollführen" come from?
"vollführen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vollführen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorbereite#75,215visionären#75,210Vibratoren#75,205verwittert#75,203

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list