vorbestimmen
[ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌʃtɪmən]
The verdict
“vorbestimmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im Vorwege festlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorbestimmen · vorbestimmen · German
vorbestimmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorbestimmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌʃtɪmən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorbestimmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorbestimmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯bəˌʃtɪmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im Vorwege festlegen".
vorbestimmen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vorbestimmen, spelled V-O-R-B-E-S-T-I-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Vorwege festlegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorbestimmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Schicksal hatte ihm den Weg vorbestimmt: So mußte es geschehen, und nur so kam er ans Ziel.“
„Es ist die zentrale Aufgabe der Projektplanung, die sach-, termin-, aufwand- und kostengerechte Abwicklung des Projekts möglichst exakt vorzubestimmen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.