vorschieben
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]
The verdict
“vorschieben” is uncommon German (frequency #60,229 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,229
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas vor etwas oder in Richtung nach vorne rücken/platzieren (schieben)
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorschieben · vorschieben · German
vorschieben · rank #60,229 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,229
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorgebrachten
Nearest frequency peer: vorgebrachten (-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 „vorschieben“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vizemeister…
Vizemeisterschaft
39,777 corpus weight
- Vollzeitste…
Vollzeitstelle
39,775 corpus weight
- Volontariat
Volontariat
39,774 corpus weight
- vorgebracht…
vorgebrachten
39,773 corpus weight
- vorschieben
vorschieben
39,772 corpus weight
- Vuelta
Vuelta
39,769 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorschieben“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorschieben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #60,229 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorschieben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorschieben is uncommon German at frequency #60,229 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vorschieben in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is vorschieben, spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas vor etwas oder in Richtung nach vorne rücken/platzieren (schieben)
- 2sich (vorsichtig, auch zwischen anderen Menschen) nach vorne bewegen
- 3etwas behaupten, was aber nicht den wahren Grund/Anlass darstellt
- 4jemand anderes schicken, anstatt etwas selbst zu tun, einen Strohmann beschäftigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorschieben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man brauchte nur noch den schweren hölzernen Riegel vorzuschieben und die Burg wäre gesichert.
Wenn wir den Anhänger vorschieben, hat auch noch das Motorrad in der Garage Platz.
Antonyms
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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