vorbeugend
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩t]
The verdict
“vorbeugend” is an uncommon German word, ranked #65,851 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #65,851
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit der Absicht, ein zukünftiges Ereignis zu verhindern
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorbeugend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vorbeugend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vorbeugend is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩t]. Corpus data places it at rank #65,851 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit der Absicht, ein zukünftiges Ereignis zu verhindern".
No misspelling variants are generated for vorbeugend in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vorbeugend, spelled V-O-R-B-E-U-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1mit der Absicht, ein zukünftiges Ereignis zu verhindern
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “vorbeugend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-B-E-U-G-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡn̩t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.