vorstehend
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːənt]
The verdict
“vorstehend” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,428 in German word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #58,428
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - an (direkt) davor befindlicher Stelle im Text stehend, weiter oben im Text stehend, zuvor im Text erwähnt/genannt/gesagt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorstehend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːənt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #58,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “vorstehend” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for vorstehend is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːənt]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,428 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "an (direkt) davor befindlicher Stelle im Text stehend, weiter oben im Text stehend, zuvor im Text erwähnt/genannt/gesagt".
Zero misspellings are on record for vorstehend in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vorstehend, spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1an (direkt) davor befindlicher Stelle im Text stehend, weiter oben im Text stehend, zuvor im Text erwähnt/genannt/gesagt
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “vorstehend”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.