Vorfahr
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“Vorfahr” is uncommon German (frequency #87,249 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,249
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lebewesen männlichen oder weiblichen Geschlechts, von denen ein jüngeres Lebewesen abstammt
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorfahr · Vorfahr · German
Vorfahr · rank #87,249 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,249
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorausschauen…
Nearest frequency peer: vorausschauende (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Vorfahr“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vollstopfen
vollstopfen
12,755 corpus weight
- Voraussage
Voraussage
12,754 corpus weight
- vorausschau…
vorausschauende
12,753 corpus weight
- Vorfahr
Vorfahr
12,752 corpus weight
- vorgegebener
vorgegebener
12,751 corpus weight
- Vorhalt
Vorhalt
12,750 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorfahr“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorfahr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #87,249 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorfahr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorfahr is uncommon German at frequency #87,249 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lebewesen männlichen oder weiblichen Geschlechts, von denen ein jüngeres Lebewesen abstammt".
No misspelling variants are generated for Vorfahr in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Vorfahr, spelled V-O-R-F-A-H-R.
Definition
- 1Lebewesen männlichen oder weiblichen Geschlechts, von denen ein jüngeres Lebewesen abstammt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorfahr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Vorfahren stammen aus Hessen.
„Bereits die älteste Version des Landnahmebuchs nennt rund 400 Pioniere mit Namen, beschreibt bei manchen sogar, woher sie stammen, wer ihre Vorfahren waren und wo genau sie sich auf Island ansiedeln.“
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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