vorbeugend
German, adjective[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩t]
vorbeugend is spelled V-O-R-B-E-U-G-E-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorbeugend is a German adjective meaning “preventive, precautionary, prophylactic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of vorbeugen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit der Absicht, ein zukünftiges Ereignis zu verhindern”.
What does vorbeugend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
preventive, precautionary, prophylactic
verb
- 1
present participle of vorbeugen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit der Absicht, ein zukünftiges Ereignis zu verhindern
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 vorbeugend
- vorbeugender masculine nominative singular
- vorbeugende feminine nominative singular
- vorbeugendes neuter nominative singular
- vorbeugenden genitive masculine singular
- vorbeugendem dative masculine singular
- der vorbeugende definite includes-article masculine
- die vorbeugende definite feminine includes-article
- das vorbeugende definite includes-article neuter
- die vorbeugenden definite includes-article nominative
- des vorbeugenden definite genitive includes-article
- der vorbeugenden definite feminine genitive
- dem vorbeugenden dative definite includes-article
- den vorbeugenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorbeugend?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorbeugend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorbeugend in German?
vorbeugend 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).