vorschieben

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#60,229

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

vorschieben is aGermanverb. It means: etwas vor etwas oder in Richtung nach vorne rücken/platzieren (schieben) Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩].

Key facts for vorschieben
PropertyValue
Headwordvorschieben
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#60,229
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of vorschieben in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vorschieben is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #60,229 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for vorschieben in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is vorschieben, spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas vor etwas oder in Richtung nach vorne rücken/platzieren (schieben)
  2. 2
    sich (vorsichtig, auch zwischen anderen Menschen) nach vorne bewegen
  3. 3
    etwas behaupten, was aber nicht den wahren Grund/Anlass darstellt
  4. 4
    jemand anderes schicken, anstatt etwas selbst zu tun, einen Strohmann beschäftigen

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #60,229 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorschieben"?
"vorschieben" is spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩].
What does "vorschieben" mean?
As a verb, "vorschieben" means: etwas vor etwas oder in Richtung nach vorne rücken/platzieren (schieben)
How do you pronounce "vorschieben"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorschieben" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorschieben" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.