Vorstrafe
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaːfə]
The verdict
“Vorstrafe” is uncommon German (frequency #82,317 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,317
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - früher gegen jemanden verhängte Strafe
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorstrafe · Vorstrafe · German
Vorstrafe · rank #82,317 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,317
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vortäuscht
Nearest frequency peer: vortäuscht (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Vorstrafe“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vordruck
Vordruck
17,688 corpus weight
- vorgeschobe…
vorgeschobene
17,687 corpus weight
- Vorhaltungen
Vorhaltungen
17,686 corpus weight
- Vorstrafe
Vorstrafe
17,684 corpus weight
- vortäuscht
vortäuscht
17,683 corpus weight
- völkerrecht…
völkerrechtlicher
17,681 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorstrafe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorstrafe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaːfə] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,317 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorstrafe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorstrafe is uncommon German at frequency #82,317 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʁaːfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "früher gegen jemanden verhängte Strafe".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Vorstrafe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Vorstrafe, spelled V-O-R-S-T-R-A-F-E.
Definition
- 1früher gegen jemanden verhängte Strafe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorstrafe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Vorstrafen einer Person werden in deren polizeilichem Führungszeugnis aufgeführt.
„Ich sah auch hinter der Glastür den Burschen vorbeigehen, dem man seiner Vorstrafen halber das amerikanische Transit verweigert hatte.“
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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