vorwegnehmen
[foːɐ̯ˈvɛkˌneːmən]
The verdict
“vorwegnehmen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas, das eigentlich erst später gesagt oder getan werden soll, tun oder sagen
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorwegnehmen · vorwegnehmen · German
vorwegnehmen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | vorwegnehmen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [foːɐ̯ˈvɛkˌneːmən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorwegnehmen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorwegnehmen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [foːɐ̯ˈvɛkˌneːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas, das eigentlich erst später gesagt oder getan werden soll, tun oder sagen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for vorwegnehmen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is vorwegnehmen, spelled V-O-R-W-E-G-N-E-H-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas, das eigentlich erst später gesagt oder getan werden soll, tun oder sagen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vorwegnehmen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um meine These vorwegzunehmen: In der Praxis lässt sich eine Grenze zwischen Erzählung und Beschreibung nicht einhalten.
This word in other languages
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.