vorstehende

Name: vorstehende, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“vorstehende” is uncommon German (frequency #65,857 among 49,639 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,857
frequency rank, German: 49,639
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend

Key facts for vorstehende
Property	Value
Headword	vorstehende
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#65,857
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “vorstehende” 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). vorstehende lands here:

#65,857

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

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

Rare enough to double-check

vorstehende is uncommon German at frequency #65,857 among 49,639 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for vorstehende in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is vorstehende, spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
4
Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend
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Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorstehende"?

"vorstehende" is spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə].

What does "vorstehende" mean?

As an adjective, "vorstehende" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs vorstehend

How do you pronounce "vorstehende"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorstehende" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "vorstehende" come from?

"vorstehende" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “vorstehende”

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-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːəndə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.