Vorgebirge
[ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌbɪʁɡə]
The verdict
“Vorgebirge” is uncommon German (frequency #83,489 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,489
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorgelagertes Gebirge
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorgebirge · Vorgebirge · German
Vorgebirge · rank #83,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,489
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorderasien
Nearest frequency peer: Vorderasien (-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 „Vorgebirge“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Volksbegehr…
Volksbegehrens
16,515 corpus weight
- Vorbereitun…
Vorbereitungsspiel
16,514 corpus weight
- Vorderasien
Vorderasien
16,513 corpus weight
- Vorgebirge
Vorgebirge
16,512 corpus weight
- vorgezeigt
vorgezeigt
16,511 corpus weight
- vorhersehba…
vorhersehbaren
16,510 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorgebirge“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorgebirge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌbɪʁɡə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorgebirge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorgebirge is uncommon German at frequency #83,489 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌbɪʁɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vorgelagertes Gebirge".
Vorgebirge has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Vorgebirge, spelled V-O-R-G-E-B-I-R-G-E.
Definition
- 1vorgelagertes Gebirge
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorgebirge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In dem Moment, da wir die Landspitzen oder Vorgebirge hinter uns gelassen hatten, bekamen wir einen günstigen Wind, um den Kanal hinaufzufahren.“
„Er residiere auf dem Vorgebirge, in dem fernen Gebäude, dessen Giebelfenster man zuweilen im Spiel des Lichts aufblitzen sehe.“
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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