voranschreiten

[foˈʁanˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]

/[foˈʁanˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“voranschreiten” is uncommon German (frequency #63,920 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,920
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor jemand anders gehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-voranschreiten · voranschreiten · German

voranschreiten · rank #63,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,920
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vollmilch

Nearest frequency peer: Vollmilch (-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 „voranschreiten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for voranschreiten
PropertyValue
Headwordvoranschreiten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[foˈʁanˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]
Letters14
Frequency rank#63,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „voranschreiten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).voranschreitenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vollmilch“ (#63,919), „vorbeizukommen“ (#63,921), „Violinkonzert“ (#63,918). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „voranschreiten“ bei #63,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

voranschreiten is uncommon German at frequency #63,920 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [foˈʁanˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for voranschreiten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is voranschreiten, spelled V-O-R-A-N-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    vor jemand anders gehen
  2. 2
    eine Entwicklung vollziehen, eine Steigerung verzeichnen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Vater schreitet voran, unterhält sich mit dem Jugendfreund, und die spielenden Kinder folgen langsam nach.
  2. „Klar ist jedoch, dass die Abholzung des Amazonasregenwaldes immer weiter voranschreitet.“

Synonyms

vorangehenvorausgehenfortschreiten

Antonyms

stagnieren

This word in other languages

progress(English)progresar(Español)mener(Français)

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 "voranschreiten"?
"voranschreiten" is spelled V-O-R-A-N-S-C-H-R-E-I-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [foˈʁanˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩].
What does "voranschreiten" mean?
As a verb, "voranschreiten" means: vor jemand anders gehen
How do you pronounce "voranschreiten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "voranschreiten" is [foˈʁanˌʃʁaɪ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "voranschreiten" come from?
"voranschreiten" 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 "voranschreiten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorbeizukommen#63,921vermeintliches#63,905Wasserflaschen#63,935Werbeagenturen#63,943

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list