vorgreifen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]
The verdict
“vorgreifen” is uncommon German (frequency #86,031 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,031
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Hände nach vorne strecken und zufassen (greifen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorgreifen · vorgreifen · German
vorgreifen · rank #86,031 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,031
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorbedingung
Nearest frequency peer: Vorbedingung (-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 „vorgreifen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vorausgehen…
vorausgehenden
13,973 corpus weight
- Vorauszahlu…
Vorauszahlungen
13,972 corpus weight
- Vorbedingung
Vorbedingung
13,971 corpus weight
- vorgreifen
vorgreifen
13,970 corpus weight
- vorlaut
vorlaut
13,969 corpus weight
- Vorwärtsbew…
Vorwärtsbewegung
13,968 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorgreifen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorgreifen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #86,031 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorgreifen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorgreifen is uncommon German at frequency #86,031 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌɡʁaɪ̯fn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vorgreifen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vorgreifen, spelled V-O-R-G-R-E-I-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Hände nach vorne strecken und zufassen (greifen)
- 2etwas (unhöflicherweise, unklugerweise) zu einem früheren Zeitpunkt tun, als es angemessen oder aktuell ist
- 3etwas, das erst zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt aus dem Zusammenhang heraus seine Bedeutung erhält, mit Absicht früher sagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorgreifen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er versuchte mit der linken Hand, die eben vorgreifen hatte wollen, das Tau zu packen, doch sie verfehlte ihr Ziel.“
„Sie stockte und biss sich auf die Lippe, dann sprudelte es aus ihr hervor: »Liebster, ich wollte dir nicht vorgreifen, aber […].«“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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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