vorschweben
German, verb/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃveːbn̩/
vorschweben is spelled V-O-R-S-C-H-W-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorschweben is a German verb meaning “to be on one's mind [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English have in mind with the dative object as the subject)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Sinn haben, bereits vor seinem inneren Auge sehen, als Wunschvorstellung haben”.
What does vorschweben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be on one's mind [with dative ‘to someone’] (idiomatically translated by English have in mind with the dative object as the subject)
Schwebt dir schon etwas Bestimmtes vor?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. im Sinn haben, bereits vor seinem inneren Auge sehen, als Wunschvorstellung haben
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 vorschweben
- schwebt vor present singular third-person
- schwebte vor past
- vorgeschwebt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- vorschwebend participle present
- vorzuschweben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schwebe vor first-person indicative present
- schweben vor first-person indicative plural
- schwebst vor indicative present second-person
- schwebest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- schwebet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- schwebten vor first-person indicative plural
- schwebtest vor indicative preterite second-person
- schwebtet vor indicative plural preterite
- vorgeschwebt haben active infinitive perfect
- vorgeschwebt zu haben active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorschweben?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃveːbn̩/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃveːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vorschweben in German?
vorschweben appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).