vordringlich
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌdʁɪŋlɪç]
The verdict
“vordringlich” is an uncommon German word, ranked #88,491 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #88,491
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - besonders dringlich, eiliger und wichtiger als anderes
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vordringlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌdʁɪŋlɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vordringlich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vordringlich is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌdʁɪŋlɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,491 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "besonders dringlich, eiliger und wichtiger als anderes".
vordringlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vordringlich, spelled V-O-R-D-R-I-N-G-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1besonders dringlich, eiliger und wichtiger als anderes
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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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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-D-R-I-N-G-L-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌdʁɪŋlɪç] (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.