Vorhandensein
German, noun/foːɐ̯ˈhandn̩zaɪ̯n/
Vorhandensein is spelled V-O-R-H-A-N-D-E-N-S-E-I-N (13 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorhandensein is a German neuter noun meaning “availability, existence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand, in dem etwas vorhanden, existent ist”.
What does Vorhandensein mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteravailability, existence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand, in dem etwas vorhanden, existent ist
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 Vorhandensein
- Vorhandenseins genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorhandensein?
- /foːɐ̯ˈhandn̩zaɪ̯n/
- [foːɐ̯ˈhandn̩zaɪ̯n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorhandensein
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorhandensein in German?
Vorhandensein appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).