Vorort
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔɔʁt/
Vorort is spelled V-O-R-O-R-T (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorort is a German masculine noun meaning “suburb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Siedlung der Peripherie einer Stadt”.
What does Vorort mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuburb
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Siedlung der Peripherie einer Stadt 2. Ort, Stadt (in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts Kanton) mit Vorrangstellung, etwa in der Hanse und in der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft 3. jährlich wechselndes Leitungsgremium in Korporationsverbänden 4. Bezeichnung für den Schweizerischen Handels- und Industrievereins (SHIV)
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 Vorort
- Vorortes genitive
- Vororts genitive
- Vororte plural
- Vororten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorort?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔɔʁt/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorort in German?
Vorort appears 3.5 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).