Vorlage
German, noun
Vorlage is spelled V-O-R-L-A-G-E (7 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorlage is a German feminine noun meaning “source material, original, inspiration (the material that is adapted into a piece of media or art, e.g. a novel turned into a film, a…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, vorläge is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of vorliegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hilfsmittel zur Erstellung ähnlicher Stücke (materiell oder informationstechnisch)”.
What does Vorlage mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesource material, original, inspiration (the material that is adapted into a piece of media or art, e.g. a novel turned into a film, a historical person transformed into a fictional character, or a photo copied into a pencil sketch)
- 2
femininetemplate (generic layout or form to be specified with concrete data)
Stundenzettel-Vorlage
- 3
femininepresentation, submission (of a document requested/required as part of a process)
Für die Bewerbung ist die Vorlage einer Studienbescheinigung notwendig.
- 4
femininesetup, assist, opportunity (something which is promptly referenced by someone else to make a joke, argument, segue or criticism)
- 5
feminineassist (decisive pass that leads to a goal or similar successful play)
- 6
feminineforward-leaning posture
- 7
femininevorlage
- 8
femininedraft, document (for evaluation or ratification by a wider circle)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of vorliegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hilfsmittel zur Erstellung ähnlicher Stücke (materiell oder informationstechnisch) 2. Original, nach dem eine Nachahmung erstellt wurde 3. historisches oder literarisches Thema, das aufgegriffen und weiterverarbeitet wird 4. ein Pass, der den Angespielten eine große Chance bietet, ein Tor zu erzielen
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 Vorlage
- Vorlagen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Vorlage
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorlage in German?
Vorlage appears 20 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).