vormerken
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌmɛʁkn̩]
The verdict
“vormerken” is uncommon German (frequency #51,817 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,817
- frequency rank, German
- 49,639
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - im Vorwege notieren/festhalten, damit man es später nicht vergisst, was je nach Zusammenhang ein Merkposten oder eine feste Reservierung sein kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vormerken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌmɛʁkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vormerken” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
vormerken is uncommon German at frequency #51,817 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌmɛʁkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vormerken in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vormerken, spelled V-O-R-M-E-R-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1im Vorwege notieren/festhalten, damit man es später nicht vergisst, was je nach Zusammenhang ein Merkposten oder eine feste Reservierung sein kann
- 2sich aufschreiben oder merken
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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Using “vormerken”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-M-E-R-K-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌmɛʁkn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.