vorspringen
German, verb[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpʁɪŋən]
vorspringen is spelled V-O-R-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written German, the 339,062nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorspringen is a German verb meaning “to jump out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit einem Sprung nach vorne bewegen”.
What does vorspringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jump out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit einem Sprung nach vorne bewegen 2. aus einer einheitlichen Front hervorragen
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 vorspringen
- springt vor present singular third-person
- sprang vor past
- vorgesprungen participle past
- spränge vor past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- vorspringend participle present
- vorzuspringen infinitive infinitive-zu
- springe vor first-person indicative present
- springen vor first-person indicative plural
- springst vor indicative present second-person
- springest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- springet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- sprangen vor first-person indicative plural
- sprängen vor first-person formal plural
- sprangst vor indicative preterite second-person
- sprangt vor indicative plural preterite
- sprängest vor formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorspringen?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorspringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorspringen in German?
vorspringen appears about once in every 33 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).