Vorhand
[ˈfoːɐ̯hant]
The verdict
“Vorhand” is uncommon German (frequency #74,154 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,154
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Spieler, der bei einer Stichrunde die erste Karte ausspielen muss
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorhand · Vorhand · German
Vorhand · rank #74,154 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,154
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorheizen
Nearest frequency peer: vorheizen (+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 „Vorhand“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- voi
voi
25,851 corpus weight
- vorgelagert
vorgelagert
25,849 corpus weight
- Vorhand
Vorhand
25,847 corpus weight
- vorheizen
vorheizen
25,846 corpus weight
- vorkomme
vorkomme
25,845 corpus weight
- vornehmer
vornehmer
25,844 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorhand“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorhand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯hant] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #74,154 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorhand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorhand is uncommon German at frequency #74,154 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯hant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Vorhand doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Vorhand, spelled V-O-R-H-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1der Spieler, der bei einer Stichrunde die erste Karte ausspielen muss
- 2Schlag mit der Vorderseite des Schlägers
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorhand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vorhand beginnt das Spiel.
Vor ihrer Vorhand müssen sich die Gegner in Acht nehmen.
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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