vormachen
German, verb
vormachen is spelled V-O-R-M-A-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vormachen is a German verb meaning “to demonstrate (how to do something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vormachen is a different word: “gerund of vormachen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Handhabung einer Sache vorführen”.
What does vormachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto demonstrate (how to do something)
- 2
colloquialto fool, to deceive
Mach dir nichts vor.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vormachen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Handhabung einer Sache vorführen 2. jemanden etwas Falsches glauben lassen, jemanden täuschen 3. sich selbst etwas Falsches (meist Gutes) glauben lassen 4. eine Sache vor einer anderen festmachen, anbringen
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 vormachen
- macht vor present singular third-person
- machte vor past
- vorgemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vormachend participle present
- vorzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache vor first-person indicative present
- machen vor first-person indicative plural
- machst vor indicative present second-person
- machest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- machet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- machten vor first-person indicative plural
- machtest vor indicative preterite second-person
- machtet vor indicative plural preterite
- mach vor! imperative singular
- mache vor! imperative singular
- macht vor! imperative plural
- vorgemacht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vormachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vormachen in German?
vormachen appears 1.4 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).