Vorwort
German, noun/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt/
Vorwort is spelled V-O-R-W-O-R-T (7 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written German, the 9,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorwort is a German neuter noun meaning “foreword” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einleitung eines Buches, Vorrede”.
What does Vorwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterforeword
noun
- 1
neuterpreposition
- 2
datedneuterpronoun
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einleitung eines Buches, Vorrede
noun: 1. Bezeichnung für Präposition 2. Bezeichnung für Pronomen
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 Vorwort
- Vorwortes genitive
- Vorworts genitive
- Vorworte plural
- Vorworten dative definite plural
- Vorwörter plural
- Vorwörtern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Vorwort?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Vorwort
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Vorwort in German?
Vorwort appears 6.9 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).