Vorbeugung
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Vorbeugung is spelled V-O-R-B-E-U-G-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 31,493rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorbeugung is a German feminine noun meaning “prevention” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein vorausschauendes Entgegenwirken, eine rechtzeitige Maßnahme zur Verhinderung von etwas, insbesondere von…”.
What does Vorbeugung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineprevention
- 2
feminineprophylaxis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein vorausschauendes Entgegenwirken, eine rechtzeitige Maßnahme zur Verhinderung von etwas, insbesondere von Krankheiten
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 Vorbeugung
- Vorbeugungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorbeugung?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɔɪ̯ɡʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorbeugung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorbeugung in German?
Vorbeugung appears 1.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).