vorrücken
German, verb
vorrücken is spelled V-O-R-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,978th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorrücken is a German verb meaning “to proceed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorrücken is a different word: “gerund of vorrücken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Stück vorwärts kommen; in Richtung des Feindes marschieren”.
What does vorrücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to proceed
- 2
to advance (to move forwards, to approach)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vorrücken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Stück vorwärts kommen; in Richtung des Feindes marschieren 2. etwas nach vorne schieben 3. weiterbewegen; später werden
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 vorrücken
- rückt vor present singular third-person
- rückte vor past
- vorgerückt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- vorrückend participle present
- vorzurücken infinitive infinitive-zu
- rücke vor first-person indicative present
- rücken vor first-person indicative plural
- rückst vor indicative present second-person
- rückest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- rücket vor plural second-person subjunctive
- rückten vor first-person indicative plural
- rücktest vor indicative preterite second-person
- rücktet vor indicative plural preterite
- rück vor! imperative singular
- rücke vor! imperative singular
- rückt vor! imperative plural
- rücket vor! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vorrücken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorrücken in German?
vorrücken appears 1.5 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).