Vorherrschaft
German, noun[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃaft]
Vorherrschaft is spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-R-S-C-H-A-F-T (13 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,661st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorherrschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “supremacy, primacy, ascendancy, hegemony” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “überlegene Macht/überlegener Einfluss in wesentlichen Belangen in einem bestimmten Gebiet”.
What does Vorherrschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesupremacy, primacy, ascendancy, hegemony
- 2
feminineprevalence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. überlegene Macht/überlegener Einfluss in wesentlichen Belangen in einem bestimmten Gebiet
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 Vorherrschaft
- Vorherrschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorherrschaft?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌhɛʁʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorherrschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorherrschaft in German?
Vorherrschaft appears 2.2 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).