vorkehren
German, verb/ˈfoːɐ̯keːʁən/
vorkehren is spelled V-O-R-K-E-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written German, the 482,822nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorkehren is a German verb meaning “to put on display, show off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine bestimmte Seite von sich besonders deutlich zeigen”.
What does vorkehren mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto put on display, show off
- 2
Switzerlandto take precaution (regarding something)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine bestimmte Seite von sich besonders deutlich zeigen 2. etwas gegen etwas vorbereitend unternehmen; eine Vorkehrung treffen
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 vorkehren
- kehrt vor present singular third-person
- kehrte vor past
- vorgekehrt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorkehrend participle present
- vorzukehren infinitive infinitive-zu
- kehre vor first-person indicative present
- kehren vor first-person indicative plural
- kehrst vor indicative present second-person
- kehrest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- kehret vor plural second-person subjunctive
- kehrten vor first-person indicative plural
- kehrtest vor indicative preterite second-person
- kehrtet vor indicative plural preterite
- kehr vor! imperative singular
- kehre vor! imperative singular
- kehrt vor! imperative plural
- vorgekehrt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorkehren?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯keːʁən/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkeːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vorkehren in German?
vorkehren appears about once in every 62 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).