Vorlage

English

Alternative forms

• vorlage

Etymology

From German Vorlage (“template, prototype”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlɑːɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹlɑɡə/

Noun

Vorlage (plural Vorlages)

1. A prior version or manifestation of a text.
   • 1989, Simon John De Vries, 1 and 2 Chronicles, page 9:

     Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah already existed in their individual Hebrew Vorlages, and 1 Esdras existed, probably in Hebrew, as a derivative from them.

   • 1992, David Noel Freedman, Studies in Hebrew and Aramaic Orthography, page 245:

     Rather the scribe had a Vorlage that was more conservative than MT in this detail.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vorlāge. By surface analysis, Deverbal from vorlegen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]

• Audio (Austria):

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• Audio:

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Noun

Vorlage f (genitive Vorlage, plural Vorlagen)

1. The original work or inspiration on which a piece of media is based. E.g. a novel which was turned into a film, a historical person which was transformed into a fictional character, or a photo which was copied into a pencil sketch.
2. template
3. submission; the act of handing in (a document, etc.)
4. (uncountable, skiing) vorlage (skiing posture)
5. (sports) pass

   Synonym: Pass

Declension

Declension of Vorlage [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Vorlage	die	Vorlagen
genitive	einer	der	Vorlage	der	Vorlagen
dative	einer	der	Vorlage	den	Vorlagen
accusative	eine	die	Vorlage	die	Vorlagen

Hypernyms

• Arbeitsvorlage
• Druckvorlage
• Gesetzesvorlage
• Steilvorlage
• Textvorlage
• Tischvorlage
• Wiedervorlage

 

Further reading

• “Vorlage” in Duden online
• “Vorlage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache