vorfühlen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfyːlən]
The verdict
“vorfühlen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Zurückhaltung versuchen, im Vorhinein etwas zu erfahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorfuhlen · vorfühlen · German
vorfühlen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorfühlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfyːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorfühlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorfühlen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌfyːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Zurückhaltung versuchen, im Vorhinein etwas zu erfahren".
vorfühlen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vorfühlen, spelled V-O-R-F-Ü-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1mit Zurückhaltung versuchen, im Vorhinein etwas zu erfahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vorfühlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir wollen schon mal vorfühlen, zu welcher Entscheidung die Mitglieder tendieren.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.