Vorläufer
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯lɔɪ̯fɐ/
Vorläufer is spelled V-O-R-L-Ä-U-F-E-R (9 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 16,945th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorläufer is a German masculine noun meaning “precursor, forerunner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wegbereiter”.
What does Vorläufer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprecursor, forerunner
- 2
masculineprogenitor
- 3
masculineprequel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wegbereiter 2. jemand, der einen Bewerb vor den gewerteten Sportlern bestreitet 3. Anfangs- oder Endstreifen eines Gewebebandes 4. etwas, das einen Teil der Eigenschaften einer später aufkommenden Sache bietet
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 Vorläufer
- Vorläufers genitive
- Vorläuferin feminine
- Vorläufern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorläufer?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯lɔɪ̯fɐ/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlɔɪ̯fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorläufer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorläufer in German?
Vorläufer appears 3.2 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).