vorbeifahren
German, verb
vorbeifahren is spelled V-O-R-B-E-I-F-A-H-R-E-N (12 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorbeifahren is a German verb meaning “to drive by, to pass” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorbeifahren is a different word: “gerund of vorbeifahren”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne anzuhalten etwas mit einem Fahrzeug seitlich passieren”.
What does vorbeifahren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drive by, to pass
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vorbeifahren
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ohne anzuhalten etwas mit einem Fahrzeug seitlich passieren 2. irgendwo hinfahren, dort etwas tun und dann weiterfahren
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 vorbeifahren
- fährt vorbei present singular third-person
- fuhr vorbei past
- vorbeigefahren participle past
- führe vorbei past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 6 strong
- vorbeifahrend participle present
- vorbeizufahren infinitive infinitive-zu
- fahre vorbei first-person indicative present
- fahren vorbei first-person indicative plural
- fährst vorbei indicative present second-person
- fahrt vorbei indicative plural present
- fahrest vorbei second-person singular subjunctive
- fahret vorbei plural second-person subjunctive
- fuhren vorbei first-person indicative plural
- führen vorbei first-person formal plural
- fuhrst vorbei indicative preterite second-person
- fuhrt vorbei indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is vorbeifahren in German?
vorbeifahren appears 1.7 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).