Vorbemerkung

[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ]/ noun

The verdict

“Vorbemerkung” is uncommon German (frequency #63,922 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,922
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einleitende Bemerkung, meist als Vorwort eines Buches oder Vortrags

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorbemerkung · Vorbemerkung · German

Vorbemerkung · rank #63,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,922
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorbeizukommen

Nearest frequency peer: vorbeizukommen (-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 „Vorbemerkung“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorbemerkung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorbemerkung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorbemerkung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ]
Letters12
Frequency rank#63,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorbemerkung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vorbemerkungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorbeizukommen“ (#63,921), „Vorschlaghammer“ (#63,923), „voranschreiten“ (#63,920). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorbemerkung“ bei #63,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorbemerkung is uncommon German at frequency #63,922 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einleitende Bemerkung, meist als Vorwort eines Buches oder Vortrags".

Zero misspellings are on record for Vorbemerkung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Vorbemerkung, spelled V-O-R-B-E-M-E-R-K-U-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    einleitende Bemerkung, meist als Vorwort eines Buches oder Vortrags

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Vorbemerkung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Guttenberg sieht sich genötigt, den Äußerungen zum neuen Afghanistan-Mandat der Bundeswehr eine Vorbemerkung voranzustellen.“

Antonyms

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 "Vorbemerkung"?
"Vorbemerkung" is spelled V-O-R-B-E-M-E-R-K-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ].
What does "Vorbemerkung" mean?
As a noun, "Vorbemerkung" means: einleitende Bemerkung, meist als Vorwort eines Buches oder Vortrags
How do you pronounce "Vorbemerkung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorbemerkung" is [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌmɛʁkʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorbemerkung" come from?
"Vorbemerkung" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vorbemerkung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list