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Frau Hilde schreibt das Vorwort zu Brunos Kochbuch mit der Hand, bevor sie es abtippt. Frau Hilde writes the foreword to Bruno's cookbook by hand before typing it up.

noun · C1

das Vorwort

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌvɔʁt]

foreword, preface

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Grammar

Plural
die Vorworte In the plural the article is always "die".

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Plural Example
Nominative wer? was? das Vorwort die Vorworte
Accusative wen? was? das Vorwort die Vorworte
Dative wem? dem Vorwort den Vorworten
Genitive wessen? des Vorworts der Vorworte

How the Word Is Built

Vor prefix wort root

vor-
before, in front: vorstellen (to introduce), vorbereiten (to prepare). Separable: Ich stelle mich vor.

Word family

das Wortdas Nachwortwörtlich

In Otti's situations: Bruno writes a cookbook

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