vorspulen

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpuːlən]/ verb

The verdict

“vorspulen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #92,441 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#92,441
frequency rank, German
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: ein Band auf einer Spule, zum Beispiel ein Videoband/Kassettenband, auf dem Gerät in Abspielrichtung schnell weiterdrehen, um an eine andere Stelle zu gelangen

Key facts for vorspulen
PropertyValue
Headwordvorspulen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpuːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,441
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vorspulen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). vorspulen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for vorspulen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpuːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #92,441 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Band auf einer Spule, zum Beispiel ein Videoband/Kassettenband, auf dem Gerät in Abspielrichtung schnell weiterdrehen, um an eine andere Stelle zu gelangen".

No misspelling variants are generated for vorspulen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 vorspulen, spelled V-O-R-S-P-U-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Band auf einer Spule, zum Beispiel ein Videoband/Kassettenband, auf dem Gerät in Abspielrichtung schnell weiterdrehen, um an eine andere Stelle zu gelangen

Antonyms

Frequency rank: #92,441 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorspulen"?
"vorspulen" is spelled V-O-R-S-P-U-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpuːlən].
What does "vorspulen" mean?
As a verb, "vorspulen" means: ein Band auf einer Spule, zum Beispiel ein Videoband/Kassettenband, auf dem Gerät in Abspielrichtung schnell weiterdrehen, um an eine andere Stelle zu gelangen
How do you pronounce "vorspulen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorspulen" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpuːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorspulen" come from?
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Using “vorspulen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-S-P-U-L-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃpuːlən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.