Vorreiter
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaɪ̯tɐ/
Vorreiter is spelled V-O-R-R-E-I-T-E-R (9 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorreiter is a German masculine noun meaning “forerunner, trailblazer, pioneer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person oder Institution, die etwas Neues als erste tut”.
What does Vorreiter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforerunner, trailblazer, pioneer
Deutschland möchte sich als Vorreiter im Klimaschutz bewähren.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person oder Institution, die etwas Neues als erste tut
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 Vorreiter
- Vorreiters genitive
- Vorreitern dative definite plural
- Vorreiterin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorreiter?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaɪ̯tɐ/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʁaɪ̯tɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorreiter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorreiter in German?
Vorreiter appears 2.9 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).