vorlieb
[foːɐ̯ˈliːp]
The verdict
“vorlieb” is uncommon German (frequency #61,171 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,171
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich mit etwas zufrieden gebend
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorlieb · vorlieb · German
vorlieb · rank #61,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,171
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH voreiligen
Nearest frequency peer: voreiligen (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „vorlieb“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- volta
volta
38,833 corpus weight
- vorband
vorband
38,832 corpus weight
- voreiligen
voreiligen
38,831 corpus weight
- vorlieb
vorlieb
38,830 corpus weight
- Vorrede
Vorrede
38,829 corpus weight
- Vorwurfs
Vorwurfs
38,828 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorlieb“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorlieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [foːɐ̯ˈliːp] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorlieb“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorlieb is uncommon German at frequency #61,171 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [foːɐ̯ˈliːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vorlieb in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is vorlieb, spelled V-O-R-L-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1sich mit etwas zufrieden gebend
- 2vor diesem Zeitpunkt oder Vorgang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorlieb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die junge Pfarrfrau, eine frische blühende Bernerinn, kam, ein rundes, gesundes Kind auf den Arm, und, nachdem wir ein langes und breites geplaudert hatten, bat sie mich, bei ihnen einzutreten, und mit dem vorlieb zu nehmen, was das Haus vermöge.“
„Er fühlte sich schuldig und war froh, wenn ihm jemand Gesellschaft leistete; er hätte auch mit Mikel Grallon vorlieb genommen; aber dieser blieb bald nach dem denkwürdigen Ereignis in der Kathedrale ganz aus.“
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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