vorstellen
German, verb[ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛln̩]
vorstellen is spelled V-O-R-S-T-E-L-L-E-N (10 letters) and appears 76 times per million words in written German, the 1,138th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorstellen is a German verb meaning “to introduce (someone), to present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas nach vorne stellen”.
What does vorstellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to introduce (someone), to present
- 2
to introduce oneself
- 3
to imagine, to envision
Ich kann's mir nicht vorstellen!
- 4
archaicto represent, to mean
- 5
to move (something) forward
- 6
to put (the clocks) forward
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas nach vorne stellen 2. etwas vor etwas anderes stellen 3. miteinander bekanntmachen 4. sich selbst bekannt machen, den eigenen Namen nennen
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 vorstellen
- stellt vor present singular third-person
- stellte vor past
- vorgestellt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorstellend participle present
- vorzustellen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stelle vor first-person indicative present
- stellen vor first-person indicative plural
- stellst vor indicative present second-person
- stellest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- stellet vor plural second-person subjunctive
- stellten vor first-person indicative plural
- stelltest vor indicative preterite second-person
- stelltet vor indicative plural preterite
- stell vor! imperative singular
- stelle vor! imperative singular
- stellt vor! imperative plural
- vorgestellt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorstellen?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛln̩]
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ʃtɛlən]
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtɛlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorstellen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorstellen in German?
vorstellen appears 76 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).