Vorlage

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

German Vorlage (template, prototype).

Pronunciation

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 vorlegen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə]
  • (file)
  • (file)

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

Hypernyms

Further reading

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