vorheizen
German, verb
vorheizen is spelled V-O-R-H-E-I-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorheizen is a German verb meaning “to preheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorheizen is a different word: “gerund of vorheizen; preheating”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Temperatur von etwas erhöhen, bevor es benutzt wird”.
What does vorheizen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to preheat
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vorheizen; preheating
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Temperatur von etwas erhöhen, bevor es benutzt wird
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 vorheizen
- heizt vor present singular third-person
- heizte vor past
- vorgeheizt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorheizend participle present
- vorzuheizen infinitive infinitive-zu
- heize vor first-person indicative present
- heizen vor first-person indicative plural
- heizest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- heizet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- heizten vor first-person indicative plural
- heiztest vor indicative preterite second-person
- heiztet vor indicative plural preterite
- heiz vor! imperative singular
- heize vor! imperative singular
- heizt vor! imperative plural
- vorgeheizt haben active infinitive perfect
- vorgeheizt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vorheizen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorheizen in German?
vorheizen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).