Vorjahre

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌjaːʁə]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌjaːʁə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vorjahre” is uncommon German (frequency #56,665 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,665
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Vorjahr

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorjahre · Vorjahre · German

Vorjahre · rank #56,665 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,665
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH Vorhängen

Nearest frequency peer: Vorhängen (-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 „Vorjahre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorjahre
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorjahre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌjaːʁə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,665
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorjahre“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Vorhängen“ (#56,664), „vorkamen“ (#56,666), „vorhabe“ (#56,663). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorjahre“ bei #56,665. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorjahre is uncommon German at frequency #56,665 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌjaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Vorjahre in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Vorjahre, spelled V-O-R-J-A-H-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Vorjahr
  2. 2
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Vorjahr
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Vorjahr
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Vorjahr

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 "Vorjahre"?
"Vorjahre" is spelled V-O-R-J-A-H-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌjaːʁə].
What does "Vorjahre" mean?
As a noun, "Vorjahre" means: Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Vorjahr
How do you pronounce "Vorjahre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorjahre" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌjaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorjahre" come from?
"Vorjahre" 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 "Vorjahre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorkamen#56,666Vorrecht#56,668Vorräten#56,669verwaist#56,655

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list