vorgeschichtlich
German, adjective[ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌʃɪçtlɪç]
vorgeschichtlich is spelled V-O-R-G-E-S-C-H-I-C-H-T-L-I-C-H (16 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written German, the 586,900th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorgeschichtlich is a German adjective meaning “prehistoric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Vorgeschichte gehörig, aus ihr stammend”.
What does vorgeschichtlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
prehistoric
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. zur Vorgeschichte gehörig, aus ihr stammend
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 vorgeschichtlich
- vorgeschichtlicher masculine nominative singular
- vorgeschichtliche feminine nominative singular
- vorgeschichtliches neuter nominative singular
- vorgeschichtlichen genitive masculine singular
- vorgeschichtlichem dative masculine singular
- der vorgeschichtliche definite includes-article masculine
- die vorgeschichtliche definite feminine includes-article
- das vorgeschichtliche definite includes-article neuter
- die vorgeschichtlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorgeschichtlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorgeschichtlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorgeschichtlichen dative definite includes-article
- den vorgeschichtlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorgeschichtlich?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌʃɪçtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorgeschichtlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorgeschichtlich in German?
vorgeschichtlich appears about once in every 87 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).