vom
German, contraction/fɔm/
vom is spelled V-O-M (3 letters) and appears 1,259 times per million words in written German, the 89th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vom is a German contraction meaning “contraction of von + dem, literally “from the, of the”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vom mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of von + dem, literally “from the, of the”
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. von dem 2. von einem
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce vom?
- /fɔm/
- [fɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vom in German?
vom appears 1,259 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).