vorzeitlich
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯tlɪç]
The verdict
“vorzeitlich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus der Vorzeit stammend; die Vorzeit betreffend
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorzeitlich · vorzeitlich · German
vorzeitlich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | vorzeitlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯tlɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorzeitlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorzeitlich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌt͡saɪ̯tlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus der Vorzeit stammend; die Vorzeit betreffend".
vorzeitlich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is vorzeitlich, spelled V-O-R-Z-E-I-T-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1aus der Vorzeit stammend; die Vorzeit betreffend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorzeitlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man unterscheidet demnach Körper- und Spurenfossilien, wobei unter „vorzeitlich“ sämtliche vorholozänen tierischen oder pflanzlichen Reste verstanden sind, d. h. also Reste aus einer Zeit, die der geologischen Gegenwart, dem Holozän (s. Zeittafel), vorausging.
Sie war in einer riesigen vorzeitlichen Nekropole beigesetzt worden, die damals schon uralt gewesen sein muss.
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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.