der Vorgänger
Meaning in English: predecessor
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Mein neues Handy ist viel schneller als sein Vorgänger.
My new phone is much faster than the previous model.
Der, die or das?
Vorgänger is masculine: der Vorgänger. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Vorgänger?
Vorgänger is number 4,630 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 58,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,626fachlichprofessional, technical, specialist
- 4,627Schwächenweaknesses
- 4,628hieltenheld; stopped; considered
- 4,629die Bürgermeisterinmayor (female)
- 4,630der Vorgängerpredecessor
- 4,631schienseemed; shone
- 4,632widerrufento revoke, to withdraw, to cancel
- 4,633der Randedge, rim
- 4,634jetzigencurrent, present
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,630
- The most common German nouns#2,024
- German B2 vocabulary#1,134
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#507
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.