vorausgehen
[foˈʁaʊ̯sˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“vorausgehen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,757 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,757
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - als Erster (alleine oder die anderen anführend) unterwegs sein
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorausgehen · vorausgehen · German
vorausgehen · rank #84,757 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,757
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vollgepumpt
Nearest frequency peer: vollgepumpt (-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 „vorausgehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- visitors
visitors
15,247 corpus weight
- vollgepumpt
vollgepumpt
15,245 corpus weight
- vorausgehen
vorausgehen
15,244 corpus weight
- vorgelebt
vorgelebt
15,243 corpus weight
- vorgeschobe…
vorgeschobenen
15,242 corpus weight
- Vorrundengr…
Vorrundengruppe
15,241 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorausgehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorausgehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #84,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorausgehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorausgehen is uncommon German at frequency #84,757 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
vorausgehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vorausgehen, spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1als Erster (alleine oder die anderen anführend) unterwegs sein
- 2als Erstes (vorher) geschehen, vor einem Ereignis stattfinden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorausgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unser Pilzguide ging immer voraus, und wir folgten langsam nach.
Ihr seid so langsam, ich gehe schon mal voraus und sehe zu, dass wir einen schönen Kaffee bekommen.
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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