vorstehen
German, verb/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən/
vorstehen is spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorstehen is a German verb meaning “to head, to be in charge of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “weiter (als etwas anderes) herausragen”.
What does vorstehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to head, to be in charge of
Er steht der Gemeindevertretung vor.
- 2
to stick out; to protrude
- 3
rareto occur in the near future
- 4
to point
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. weiter (als etwas anderes) herausragen 2. in leitender Position sein 3. Wild durch lautloses Verharren anzeigen 4. sich zeitlich in nächster Zeit ereignen
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 vorstehen
- steht vor present singular third-person
- stand vor past
- vorgestanden participle past
- stände vor past subjunctive
- stünde vor past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- vorstehend participle present
- vorzustehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stehe vor first-person indicative present
- stehen vor first-person indicative plural
- stehst vor indicative present second-person
- stehest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- stehet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- standen vor first-person indicative plural
- ständen vor first-person plural subjunctive
- stünden vor first-person plural subjunctive
- standest vor indicative preterite second-person
- standst vor indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorstehen?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorstehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorstehen in German?
vorstehen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).