vorwärtskommen
[ˈfoːɐ̯vɛʁt͡sˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“vorwärtskommen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Erreichung eines Zieles vorankommen, im Leben Erfolg haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorwartskommen · vorwärtskommen · German
vorwärtskommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | vorwärtskommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯vɛʁt͡sˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorwärtskommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorwärtskommen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯vɛʁt͡sˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Erreichung eines Zieles vorankommen, im Leben Erfolg haben".
Zero misspellings are on record for vorwärtskommen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vorwärtskommen, spelled V-O-R-W-Ä-R-T-S-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Erreichung eines Zieles vorankommen, im Leben Erfolg haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorwärtskommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir wollen alle vorwärtskommen.
Wir sind vorwärtsgekommen und haben immer noch zwei Wochen Vorbereitung vor uns.
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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.