Vorbedingung

Name: Vorbedingung, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ]/ noun

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Vorbedingung” is an uncommon German word, ranked #86,030 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#86,030
frequency rank, German: 12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bedingung, die erfüllt sein muss, bevor eine Handlung gesetzt wird oder ein Ereignis eintreten kann

Key facts for Vorbedingung
Property	Value
Headword	Vorbedingung
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#86,030
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Vorbedingung” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Vorbedingung lands here:

#86,030

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vorbedingung is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #86,030 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Vorbedingung in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorbedingung, spelled V-O-R-B-E-D-I-N-G-U-N-G.

Definition

1
Bedingung, die erfüllt sein muss, bevor eine Handlung gesetzt wird oder ein Ereignis eintreten kann
2
Voraussetzung, die gegeben sein muss, damit die Ausführung einer Funktion ein definiertes Ergebnis erbringt

Synonyms

Voraussetzung GrundvoraussetzungPräsumptionPräsumtionConditio sine qua non

Antonyms

IrrelevanzNachbedingung

This word in other languages

condition(English)prérequis(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 "Vorbedingung"?

"Vorbedingung" is spelled V-O-R-B-E-D-I-N-G-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ].

What does "Vorbedingung" mean?

As a noun, "Vorbedingung" means: Bedingung, die erfüllt sein muss, bevor eine Handlung gesetzt wird oder ein Ereignis eintreten kann

How do you pronounce "Vorbedingung"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorbedingung" is [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Vorbedingung" come from?

"Vorbedingung" 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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Using “Vorbedingung”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-B-E-D-I-N-G-U-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌdɪŋʊŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.