vorwegzunehmen

[foːɐ̯ˈvɛkt͡suˌneːmən]

/[foːɐ̯ˈvɛkt͡suˌneːmən]/ verb

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The verdict

“vorwegzunehmen” is uncommon German (frequency #91,111 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,111
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorwegnehmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorwegzunehmen · vorwegzunehmen · German

vorwegzunehmen · rank #91,111 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,111
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorwarnen

Nearest frequency peer: vorwarnen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „vorwegzunehmen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorwegzunehmen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vorwegzunehmen
PropertyValue
Headwordvorwegzunehmen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[foːɐ̯ˈvɛkt͡suˌneːmən]
Letters14
Frequency rank#91,111
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vorwegzunehmen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.vorwegzunehmenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorwarnen“ (#91,110), „Vorzugsstimmen“ (#91,112), „Völlerei“ (#91,113). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vorwegzunehmen“ bei #91,111. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vorwegzunehmen is uncommon German at frequency #91,111 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [foːɐ̯ˈvɛkt͡suˌneːmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorwegnehmen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for vorwegzunehmen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is vorwegzunehmen, spelled V-O-R-W-E-G-Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorwegnehmen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorwegzunehmen"?
"vorwegzunehmen" is spelled V-O-R-W-E-G-Z-U-N-E-H-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [foːɐ̯ˈvɛkt͡suˌneːmən].
What does "vorwegzunehmen" mean?
As a verb, "vorwegzunehmen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs vorwegnehmen
How do you pronounce "vorwegzunehmen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorwegzunehmen" is [foːɐ̯ˈvɛkt͡suˌneːmən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorwegzunehmen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vorwegzunehmen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Vorzugsstimmen#91,112verdienstvolle#91,053ungefährlichen#91,029zurückzufahren#91,194

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list