vor Ort
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The verdict
“vor Ort” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - an einer bestimmten, vorher genannten Stelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-vor-ort · vor Ort · German
vor Ort · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | vor Ort |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vor Ort“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vor Ort is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vor Ort has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vor Ort, spelled V-O-R- -O-R-T.
Definition
- 1an einer bestimmten, vorher genannten Stelle
- 2an der Spitze, am Ende des Grubengangs, an der Abbaustelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vor Ort appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Beim Sparkassen- und Giroverband hieß es, einzelnen Instituten sei empfohlen worden, bei Barspenden keine Gebühren zu erheben. [..] Entschieden werde aber von den Sparkassen vor Ort.“
„Die Leitung der Hochschule engagierte einen Wachdienst, der bis Mitternacht den Zutritt zum Hauptgebäude unterband. Auch die Polizei war vor Ort, griff aber nach Angaben eines Sprechers nicht ein.“
This word in other languages
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.