vorgängig
German, adjective/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɪç/
vorgängig is spelled V-O-R-G-Ä-N-G-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorgängig is a German adjective meaning “previous, antecedent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zeitlich vorhergehend”.
What does vorgängig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Switzerlandprevious, antecedent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zeitlich vorhergehend
preposition: 1. zeitlich vorhergehend
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 vorgängig
- vorgängiger masculine nominative singular
- vorgängige feminine nominative singular
- vorgängiges neuter nominative singular
- vorgängigen genitive masculine singular
- vorgängigem dative masculine singular
- der vorgängige definite includes-article masculine
- die vorgängige definite feminine includes-article
- das vorgängige definite includes-article neuter
- die vorgängigen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorgängigen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorgängigen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorgängigen dative definite includes-article
- den vorgängigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorgängig?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɪç/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɪç]
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡɛŋɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorgängig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorgängig in German?
vorgängig appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).