Vorsitzender
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩dɐ/
Vorsitzender is spelled V-O-R-S-I-T-Z-E-N-D-E-R (12 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written German, the 2,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorsitzender is a German masculine noun meaning “chairman, chairperson, chair, board chairman (male or of unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, welche die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder von…”.
What does Vorsitzender mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechairman, chairperson, chair, board chairman (male or of unspecified gender)
- 2
masculinepresident (male or of unspecified gender)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, welche die Leitung und Verantwortung eines Vereins, einer Partei, einer Organisation oder von Ähnlichem innehat
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 Vorsitzender
- der Vorsitzende definite nominative
- Vorsitzenden genitive
- Vorsitzende plural
- die Vorsitzenden definite plural
- Vorsitzendem dative singular strong
- Vors. abbreviation
- des Vorsitzenden genitive singular
- der Vorsitzenden genitive plural
- dem Vorsitzenden dative singular
- den Vorsitzenden dative plural
- ein Vorsitzender nominative singular
- keine Vorsitzenden nominative plural
- eines Vorsitzenden genitive singular
- keiner Vorsitzenden genitive plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorsitzender?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩dɐ/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪt͡sn̩dɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorsitzender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorsitzender in German?
Vorsitzender appears 34 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).