vorhabe

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaːbə]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaːbə]/ verb

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The verdict

“vorhabe” is uncommon German (frequency #56,663 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,663
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs vorhaben

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorhabe · vorhabe · German

vorhabe · rank #56,663 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,663
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vokalen

Nearest frequency peer: Vokalen (-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 „vorhabe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorhabe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vorhabe
PropertyValue
Headwordvorhabe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaːbə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#56,663
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vorhabe“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.vorhabefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vokalen“ (#56,662), „Vorhängen“ (#56,664), „Vizekönig“ (#56,661). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vorhabe“ bei #56,663. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vorhabe is uncommon German at frequency #56,663 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for vorhabe, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vorhabe, spelled V-O-R-H-A-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs vorhaben
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs vorhaben
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs vorhaben

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorhabe"?
"vorhabe" is spelled V-O-R-H-A-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaːbə].
What does "vorhabe" mean?
As a verb, "vorhabe" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs vorhaben
How do you pronounce "vorhabe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorhabe" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhaːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorhabe" come from?
"vorhabe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vorhabe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vokalen#56,662Weigand#56,676Zweirad#56,714Abdomen#56,726

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list