vorkommen
\ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən\
The verdict
“vorkommen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arriver, survenir, se produire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vorkommen · vorkommen · French
vorkommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | vorkommen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
vorkommen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈfoːɐ̯ˌkɔmən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
vorkommen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is vorkommen, spelled V-O-R-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Arriver, survenir, se produire.
- 2Être présent.
- 3Paraître, sembler.
- 4Aparaître.
- 5etwas ist jemandem noch nicht vorgekommen: Experimenter, avoir une expérience.
- 6Venir vers l'avant, avancer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Sahelzone kommen immer wieder katastrophale Heuschreckenplagen vor.
Dass ein Wolf mitten in einer Stadt gesichtet wird, kann vorkommen, ist aber äußerst unwahrscheinlich. Das sind dann meist junge Wölfe, die von ihrem Elternterritorium abwandern und sich verlaufen.
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.