voraus
German, adverb
voraus is spelled V-O-R-A-U-S (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,344th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voraus is a German adverb meaning “in front, ahead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Voraus is a different word: “legacy handed over to the heir before the leaver's death”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Bezug auf jemand oder etwas räumlich vor diesem”.
What does voraus mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in front, ahead
noun
- 1
masculinelegacy handed over to the heir before the leaver's death.
prefix
- 1
in advance, ahead
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erbe (Nachlass), das vor Eintritt des Todes an den Erben übertragen wird
adverb: 1. in Bezug auf jemand oder etwas räumlich vor diesem 2. in der Entwicklung weiter fortgeschritten, besser 3. bevor etwas eintrifft 4. vorn, vor dem Fahrzeug, nach vorn
prefix: 1. vor anderen oder anderem 2. vor anderen oder anderem
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to voraus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voraus in German?
voraus appears 35 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).