vorzeitig
German, adjective[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯tɪç]
vorzeitig is spelled V-O-R-Z-E-I-T-I-G (9 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorzeitig is a German adjective meaning “early, premature, untimely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “früher als vorgesehen”.
What does vorzeitig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
early, premature, untimely
adverb
- 1
prematurely, preterm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. früher als vorgesehen
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 vorzeitig
- vorzeitiger masculine nominative singular
- vorzeitige feminine nominative singular
- vorzeitiges neuter nominative singular
- vorzeitigen genitive masculine singular
- vorzeitigem dative masculine singular
- der vorzeitige definite includes-article masculine
- die vorzeitige definite feminine includes-article
- das vorzeitige definite includes-article neuter
- die vorzeitigen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorzeitigen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorzeitigen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorzeitigen dative definite includes-article
- den vorzeitigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorzeitig?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯tɪç]
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯tɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorzeitig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorzeitig in German?
vorzeitig appears 7.4 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).