vorladen
German, verb
vorladen is spelled V-O-R-L-A-D-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorladen is a German verb meaning “to summons, to subpoena” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorladen is a different word: “gerund of vorladen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden von offizieller Seite auffordern, persönlich zu erscheinen, zum Beispiel vor einem Gericht oder bei…”.
What does vorladen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to summons, to subpoena
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vorladen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden von offizieller Seite auffordern, persönlich zu erscheinen, zum Beispiel vor einem Gericht oder bei der Polizei
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 vorladen
- lädt vor present singular third-person
- lud vor past
- vorgeladen participle past
- lüde vor past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- vorladend participle present
- vorzuladen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lade vor first-person indicative present
- laden vor first-person indicative plural
- lädst vor indicative present second-person
- ladet vor indicative plural present
- ladest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- luden vor first-person indicative plural
- lüden vor first-person formal plural
- ludest vor indicative preterite second-person
- ludst vor indicative preterite second-person
- ludet vor indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vorladen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorladen in German?
vorladen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).