vorschützen
German, verb/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃʏ.t͡sən/
vorschützen is spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-Ü-T-Z-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorschützen is a German verb meaning “to feign, to make a pretext of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Vorwand, Ausrede gebrauchen”.
What does vorschützen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to feign, to make a pretext of
Keine Müdigkeit vorschützen!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Vorwand, Ausrede gebrauchen
noun: 1. das Behaupten falscher Gründe für Entscheidungen/Taten
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 vorschützen
- schützt vor present singular third-person
- schützte vor past
- vorgeschützt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorschützend participle present
- vorzuschützen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schütze vor first-person indicative present
- schützen vor first-person indicative plural
- schützest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- schützet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- schützten vor first-person indicative plural
- schütztest vor indicative preterite second-person
- schütztet vor indicative plural preterite
- schütz vor! imperative singular
- schütze vor! imperative singular
- schützt vor! imperative plural
- vorgeschützt haben active infinitive perfect
- vorgeschützt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorschützen?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃʏ.t͡sən/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃʏ.t͡sn̩]
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃʏt͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vorschützen in German?
vorschützen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).