vorgeblich
German, adjective[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡeːplɪç]
vorgeblich is spelled V-O-R-G-E-B-L-I-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,012th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorgeblich is a German adjective meaning “ostensible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “behauptet, möglicherweise nicht (in erster Linie) zutreffend”.
What does vorgeblich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ostensible
adverb
- 1
ostensibly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. behauptet, möglicherweise nicht (in erster Linie) zutreffend
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 vorgeblich
- vorgeblicher masculine nominative singular
- vorgebliche feminine nominative singular
- vorgebliches neuter nominative singular
- vorgeblichen genitive masculine singular
- vorgeblichem dative masculine singular
- der vorgebliche definite includes-article masculine
- die vorgebliche definite feminine includes-article
- das vorgebliche definite includes-article neuter
- die vorgeblichen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorgeblichen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorgeblichen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorgeblichen dative definite includes-article
- den vorgeblichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorgeblich?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡeːplɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorgeblich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorgeblich in German?
vorgeblich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).