vorkauen
German, verb[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkaʊ̯ən]
vorkauen is spelled V-O-R-K-A-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorkauen is a German verb meaning “to premasticate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nahrung in den Mund nehmen, darauf beißen und sie zerkleinern, um sie dann einem anderen Lebewesen zu essen…”.
What does vorkauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to premasticate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Nahrung in den Mund nehmen, darauf beißen und sie zerkleinern, um sie dann einem anderen Lebewesen zu essen zu geben 2. in aller Ausführlichkeit (wiederholt) erklären
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 vorkauen
- kaut vor present singular third-person
- kaute vor past
- vorgekaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorkauend participle present
- vorzukauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- kaue vor first-person indicative present
- kauen vor first-person indicative plural
- kaust vor indicative present second-person
- kauest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- kauet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- kauten vor first-person indicative plural
- kautest vor indicative preterite second-person
- kautet vor indicative plural preterite
- kau vor! imperative singular
- kaue vor! imperative singular
- kaut vor! imperative plural
- vorgekaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorkauen?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vorkauen in German?
vorkauen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).