Vorführeffekt
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯fyːɐ̯ʔɛˌfɛkt]
Vorführeffekt is spelled V-O-R-F-Ü-H-R-E-F-F-E-K-T (13 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorführeffekt is a German masculine noun meaning “The phenomenon that a functionality, effect or issue suddenly fails to appear or work as planned when one tries to demonstrate it to others” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die häufig gemachte Erfahrung, dass etwas, das sonst mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit eintritt, gerade dann nicht…”.
What does Vorführeffekt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineThe phenomenon that a functionality, effect or issue suddenly fails to appear or work as planned when one tries to demonstrate it to others.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die häufig gemachte Erfahrung, dass etwas, das sonst mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit eintritt, gerade dann nicht eintritt, wenn man es jemandem demonstrieren will, oder dass genau das nicht eintritt, was man zeigen will
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 Vorführeffekt
- Vorführeffektes genitive
- Vorführeffekts genitive
- Vorführeffekte plural
- Vorführeffekten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorführeffekt?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯fyːɐ̯ʔɛˌfɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Vorführeffekt in German?
Vorführeffekt appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).