vorlaut
German, adjective/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯t/
vorlaut is spelled V-O-R-L-A-U-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorlaut is a German adjective meaning “cheeky, impertinent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in der Art ungefragt äußernd, dass es als störend empfunden wird”.
What does vorlaut mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cheeky, impertinent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich in der Art ungefragt äußernd, dass es als störend empfunden wird 2. zu früh Laut gebend
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 vorlaut
- vorlauter masculine nominative singular
- am vorlautesten superlative
- vorlaute feminine nominative singular
- vorlautes neuter nominative singular
- vorlauten genitive masculine singular
- vorlautem dative masculine singular
- der vorlaute definite includes-article masculine
- die vorlaute definite feminine includes-article
- das vorlaute definite includes-article neuter
- die vorlauten definite includes-article nominative
- des vorlauten definite genitive includes-article
- der vorlauten definite feminine genitive
- dem vorlauten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorlaut?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯t/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorlaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorlaut in German?
vorlaut appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).