Vorwand
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯vant/
Vorwand is spelled V-O-R-W-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorwand is a German masculine noun meaning “pretext” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorgeschobene, erfundene Begründung für eine Handlung”.
What does Vorwand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepretext
- 2
masculineexcuse
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vorgeschobene, erfundene Begründung für eine Handlung
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 Vorwand
- Vorwandes genitive
- Vorwands genitive
- Vorwände plural
- Vorwande dative singular
- Vorwänden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorwand?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯vant/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯vant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorwand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorwand in German?
Vorwand appears 4.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).