Vorposten
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌpɔstn̩]
The verdict
“Vorposten” is uncommon German (frequency #62,989 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,989
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vorgelagerter Standort, der zur Sicherung der eigenen Truppe dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorposten · Vorposten · German
Vorposten · rank #62,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,989
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH Vorleser
Nearest frequency peer: Vorleser (-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 „Vorposten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vorkriegsze…
Vorkriegszeit
37,014 corpus weight
- Vorleser
Vorleser
37,013 corpus weight
- Vorposten
Vorposten
37,012 corpus weight
- vorsingen
vorsingen
37,011 corpus weight
- Vorstädte
Vorstädte
37,010 corpus weight
- Wachtel
Wachtel
37,009 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorposten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorposten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌpɔstn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorposten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorposten is uncommon German at frequency #62,989 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌpɔstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Vorposten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Vorposten, spelled V-O-R-P-O-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1vorgelagerter Standort, der zur Sicherung der eigenen Truppe dient
- 2Person, die am vorgelagerten Standort Wache hält
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorposten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf Anmarschrouten von 500 und mehr Kilometern bewegten sich die Plünderer aus der Tiefe der Wildnis heraus, um die spanischen Vorposten und Bauerndörfer anzugreifen, in denen Großgrundbesitzer Haciendas betrieben und die Felder von Mestizen und versklavten Indios bestellen ließen.“
„In Leopolds Vorposten leben sie fern von den Gespenstern der Vergangenheit, einige werden nur alle paar Monate aufgestört durch den Besuch eines Dampfboots.“
This word in other languages
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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