Vortrupp
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtʁʊp]
The verdict
“Vortrupp” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Teil einer Truppe, der ihr vorausgeschickt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-vortrupp · Vortrupp · German
Vortrupp · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Vortrupp |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtʁʊp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vortrupp“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vortrupp is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌtʁʊp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Teil einer Truppe, der ihr vorausgeschickt wird".
Vortrupp has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Vortrupp, spelled V-O-R-T-R-U-P-P.
Definition
- 1kleiner Teil einer Truppe, der ihr vorausgeschickt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Vortrupp appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein Vortrupp berichtete, sie hätten Kosaken auf den Hängen am Flussufer gesehen.“
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.