Vorbemerkung
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ/
Vorbemerkung is spelled V-O-R-B-E-M-E-R-K-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorbemerkung is a German feminine noun meaning “preliminary note or remark(s), preamble, preface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einleitende Bemerkung, meist als Vorwort eines Buches oder Vortrags”.
What does Vorbemerkung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepreliminary note or remark(s), preamble, preface
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einleitende Bemerkung, meist als Vorwort eines Buches oder Vortrags
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 Vorbemerkung
- Vorbemerkungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorbemerkung?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vorbemerkung in German?
Vorbemerkung appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).