vorderhand
German, adverb/ˈfoːɐ̯deːɐ̯ˌhant/
vorderhand is spelled V-O-R-D-E-R-H-A-N-D (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorderhand is a German adverb meaning “synonym of zunächst” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erst einmal, fürs Erste”.
What does vorderhand mean in English?
adverb
- 1
Switzerlandsynonym of zunächst
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. erst einmal, fürs Erste
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce vorderhand?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯deːɐ̯ˌhant/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯deːɐ̯ˌhant]
- [ˈfɔʁdɐˌhant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vorderhand in German?
vorderhand appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).