vorstrecken
German, verb/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɛkn̩/
vorstrecken is spelled V-O-R-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorstrecken is a German verb meaning “to advance sth. (cash)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach vorne recken/schieben/beugen (strecken)”.
What does vorstrecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to advance sth. (cash)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach vorne recken/schieben/beugen (strecken) 2. Geld auslegen
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 vorstrecken
- streckt vor present singular third-person
- streckte vor past
- vorgestreckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorstreckend participle present
- vorzustrecken infinitive infinitive-zu
- strecke vor first-person indicative present
- strecken vor first-person indicative plural
- streckst vor indicative present second-person
- streckest vor second-person singular subjunctive
- strecket vor plural second-person subjunctive
- streckten vor first-person indicative plural
- strecktest vor indicative preterite second-person
- strecktet vor indicative plural preterite
- streck vor! imperative singular
- strecke vor! imperative singular
- streckt vor! imperative plural
- vorgestreckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorstrecken?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɛkn̩/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʁɛkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vorstrecken in German?
vorstrecken appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).