Vorsteher
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteː.ɐ/
Vorsteher is spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-H-E-R (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorsteher is a German masculine noun meaning “provost (head, chairman of one of various institutions; of male or unspecified sex)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine leitende Funktion ausübt”.
What does Vorsteher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprovost (head, chairman of one of various institutions; of male or unspecified sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die eine leitende Funktion ausübt
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 Vorsteher
- Vorstehers genitive
- Vorsteherin feminine
- Vorstehern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorsteher?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteː.ɐ/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃteːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorsteher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorsteher in German?
Vorsteher appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).