Vorbild
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɪlt/
Vorbild is spelled V-O-R-B-I-L-D (7 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written German, the 3,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorbild is a German neuter noun meaning “model; exemplar (praiseworthy example)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person oder fiktive Figur, mit der man sich identifizieren kann beziehungsweise die durch ihr beträchtliches…”.
What does Vorbild mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermodel; exemplar (praiseworthy example)
- 2
neuterrole model
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person oder fiktive Figur, mit der man sich identifizieren kann beziehungsweise die durch ihr beträchtliches Ansehen den Beobachtenden zum Nachahmen einlädt 2. etwas, das als Vorlage/Beispiel genutzt wird
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 Vorbild
- Vorbildes genitive
- Vorbilds genitive
- Vorbilder plural
- Vorbilde dative singular
- Vorbildern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorbild?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɪlt/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌbɪlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorbild
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorbild in German?
Vorbild appears 27 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).