vorstürmen

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən]/ verb

The verdict

“vorstürmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich mit Tempo nach vorne bewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorsturmen · vorstürmen · German

vorstürmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "V" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for vorstürmen
PropertyValue
Headwordvorstürmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “vorstürmen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

vorstürmenliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vorstürmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich mit Tempo nach vorne bewegen".

No misspelling variants are generated for vorstürmen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is vorstürmen, spelled V-O-R-S-T-Ü-R-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich mit Tempo nach vorne bewegen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how vorstürmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Beim nächsten Ballwechsel beging ich die Tollheit, ans Netz vorzustürmen - ein reiner Selbstmord gegenüber einem Spieler, der so genaue Bälle schlagen konnte wie der Slowake.“
  2. „Sie stürmten vor, mit glühenden und von Staub und Pulver geschwärzten Gesichtern, die Gewehre in den Händen, aufwärts kletternd über stachliges Gebüsch und Fels.“

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorstürmen"?
"vorstürmen" is spelled V-O-R-S-T-Ü-R-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən].
What does "vorstürmen" mean?
As a verb, "vorstürmen" means: sich mit Tempo nach vorne bewegen
How do you pronounce "vorstürmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorstürmen" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorstürmen" come from?
"vorstürmen" 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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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list