Vorreiterrolle

[ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯tɐˌʁɔlə]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯tɐˌʁɔlə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Vorreiterrolle” is uncommon German (frequency #50,175 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,175
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stellung dessen, der etwas tut, bevor andere in vergleichbarer Lage darauf kommen oder sich dazu entschließen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorreiterrolle · Vorreiterrolle · German

Vorreiterrolle · rank #50,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,175
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorleben

Nearest frequency peer: vorleben (-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 „Vorreiterrolle“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorreiterrolle“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorreiterrolle
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorreiterrolle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯tɐˌʁɔlə]
Letters14
Frequency rank#50,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorreiterrolle“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vorreiterrollefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorleben“ (#50,174), „vorzuhalten“ (#50,176), „Vorahnung“ (#50,173). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorreiterrolle“ bei #50,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorreiterrolle is uncommon German at frequency #50,175 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯tɐˌʁɔlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stellung dessen, der etwas tut, bevor andere in vergleichbarer Lage darauf kommen oder sich dazu entschließen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Vorreiterrolle in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Vorreiterrolle, spelled V-O-R-R-E-I-T-E-R-R-O-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Stellung dessen, der etwas tut, bevor andere in vergleichbarer Lage darauf kommen oder sich dazu entschließen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Vorreiterrolle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Bei der Entwicklung von neuartigen Fahrzeugantrieben werden wir in der Zukunft eine Vorreiterrolle übernehmen.
  2. Amerikanische Unternehmen haben in der Vergangenheit auf diversen Gebieten Vorreiterrollen gehabt.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorreiterrolle"?
"Vorreiterrolle" is spelled V-O-R-R-E-I-T-E-R-R-O-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯tɐˌʁɔlə].
What does "Vorreiterrolle" mean?
As a noun, "Vorreiterrolle" means: Stellung dessen, der etwas tut, bevor andere in vergleichbarer Lage darauf kommen oder sich dazu entschließen
How do you pronounce "Vorreiterrolle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorreiterrolle" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ʁaɪ̯tɐˌʁɔlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Vorreiterrolle" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vorreiterrolle", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

vorzuschreiben#50,177Wermelskirchen#50,199unterscheidbar#50,135unbürokratisch#50,124

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list