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German preposition · CEFR A1

vor

Meaning in English: in front of; before; ago

Rank 44 of 5,000prepositionLevel A1
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Vor zwei Wochen war ich krank.

Two weeks ago I was ill.

How common is vor?

vor is number 44 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 2,819 times per million words — about once every 350 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 36% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 40zumto the (zu + dem)
  2. 41überover, above; about
  3. 42einema (dative, masc./neut.)
  4. 43erhe, it (masculine)
  5. 44vorin front of; before; ago
  6. 45habento have
  7. 46zurto the (zu + der)
  8. 47könnencan, to be able to
  9. 48soso, like this, such

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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.