vorauseilen
German, verb
vorauseilen is a German verb meaning “to hurry ahead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorauseilen is a different word: “gerund of vorauseilen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schneller gehen, laufen als andere (in der gleichen Gruppe mit dem gleichen Ziel)”.
What does vorauseilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hurry ahead
- 2
to run ahead of
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vorauseilen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schneller gehen, laufen als andere (in der gleichen Gruppe mit dem gleichen Ziel) 2. einen zeitlichen Vorsprung erschaffen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vorauseilen
- eilt voraus present singular third-person
- eilte voraus past
- vorausgeeilt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- vorauseilend participle present
- vorauszueilen infinitive infinitive-zu
- eile voraus first-person indicative present
- eilen voraus first-person indicative plural
- eilst voraus indicative present second-person
- eilest voraus second-person singular subjunctive
- eilet voraus plural second-person subjunctive
- eilten voraus first-person indicative plural
- eiltest voraus indicative preterite second-person
- eiltet voraus indicative plural preterite
- eil voraus! imperative singular
- eile voraus! imperative singular
- eilt voraus! imperative plural
- vorausgeeilt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vorauseilen in German?
vorauseilen appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).