zuvorkommend
German, adjective/tsuˈfoːrˌkɔmənt/
zuvorkommend is spelled Z-U-V-O-R-K-O-M-M-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuvorkommend is a German adjective meaning “considerate, obliging, accomodating, courteous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of zuvorkommen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “höflich, liebenswürdig und hilfsbereit anderen kleine Gefälligkeiten erweisend”.
What does zuvorkommend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
considerate, obliging, accomodating, courteous
verb
- 1
present participle of zuvorkommen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. höflich, liebenswürdig und hilfsbereit anderen kleine Gefälligkeiten erweisend
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 zuvorkommend
- zuvorkommender masculine nominative singular
- am zuvorkommendsten superlative
- zuvorkommende feminine nominative singular
- zuvorkommendes neuter nominative singular
- zuvorkommenden genitive masculine singular
- zuvorkommendem dative masculine singular
- der zuvorkommende definite includes-article masculine
- die zuvorkommende definite feminine includes-article
- das zuvorkommende definite includes-article neuter
- die zuvorkommenden definite includes-article nominative
- des zuvorkommenden definite genitive includes-article
- der zuvorkommenden definite feminine genitive
- dem zuvorkommenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuvorkommend?
- /tsuˈfoːrˌkɔmənt/
- [t͡suˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔ.mənt]
- [-ˈfɔɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuvorkommend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuvorkommend in German?
zuvorkommend appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).