vorstürmen
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən]
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorstürmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃtʏʁmən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “vorstürmen” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
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
- 1sich mit Tempo nach vorne bewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorstürmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„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.“
„Sie stürmten vor, mit glühenden und von Staub und Pulver geschwärzten Gesichtern, die Gewehre in den Händen, aufwärts kletternd über stachliges Gebüsch und Fels.“
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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.
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