Declension of German noun Vorwand with plural and article

The declension of the noun Vorwand (excuse, pretext) is in singular genitive Vorwand(e)s and in the plural nominative Vorwände. The noun Vorwand is declined with the declension endings es/ä-e. In the plural is an umlaut. The voice of Vorwand is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Vorwand but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C1. Comments ☆

C1 · noun · masculine · irregular · -s,¨-e

der Vorwand

Vorwand(e)s · Vorwände

Endings es/ä-e   Plural with umlaut  

English excuse, pretext, false pretences, false pretenses, make-believe, plea, pretence, pretense, stalking-horse, subterfuge

vorgeschobene, erfundene Begründung für eine Handlung

» Es ist ein Vorwand . English It is a pretext.

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Declension of Vorwand in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derVorwand
Gen. desVorwandes/Vorwands
Dat. demVorwand/Vorwande⁶
Acc. denVorwand

Plural

Nom. dieVorwände
Gen. derVorwände
Dat. denVorwänden
Acc. dieVorwände

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Example sentences for Vorwand

  • Es ist ein Vorwand . 
    English It is a pretext.
  • Er hat einen Vorwand erfunden. 
    English He invented a pretext.
  • Selbstverständlich war das ein bloßer Vorwand . 
    English Of course, that was just an excuse.
  • Nicht wollen ist der Grund, nicht können nur der Vorwand . 
    English Not wanting to is the reason; not being able to is just an excuse.
  • Es ist nur ein Vorwand für Steuererhöhungen. 
    English It's just a stalking horse for raising taxes.
  • Du hast vielleicht Nerven, mich hier unter falschem Vorwand herzubringen. 
    English You've got a lot of nerve bringing me here under false pretenses.
  • Und weil seit dem Mittelalter lange Zeit nur Juden solche Geschäfte ausüben durften, vom Handel und vom Handwerk ferngehalten wurden, lieferte das Metier auch gängige Vorwände für Antisemitismus. 
    English And because since the Middle Ages for a long time only Jews were allowed to engage in such businesses, being kept away from trade and craftsmanship, the profession also provided common excuses for antisemitism.
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Translation of German Vorwand

German Vorwand
English excuse, pretext, false pretences, false pretenses, make-believe, plea, pretence, pretense
Russian предлог, отгово́рка, предло́г, оправдание, по́вод
Spanish pretexto, coartada, excusa, papada, son, subterfugio, justificación
French prétexte, couverture
Turkish bahane, gerekçe
Portuguese pretexto, subterfúgio, justificativa
Italian pretesto, scusa, alibi, appiglio, argomento, diverticolo, scappatoia, sotterfugio
Romanian pretext
Hungarian kifogás, ürügy, előterjesztés, mellébeszélés
Polish pretekst, uzasadnienie
Greek πρόφαση, προφάσεις
Dutch voorwendsel, excuus, smoesje
Czech záminka, výmluva, předtext
Swedish förevändning, svepskäl, ursäkt
Danish påskud, foregivende
Japanese 口実, 言い訳
Catalan excusa, pretext
Finnish tekosyy, veruke, varjo
Norwegian påskudd, påskott, unnskyldning
Basque aurreko arrazoi
Serbian izgovor, pretekst
Macedonian изговор
Slovenian izgovor, predlog
Slowakisch predohra, zámienka
Bosnian izgovor, pretekst
Croatian izgovor, pretekst
Ukrainian привід, передумова
Bulgarian извинение, предлог
Belorussian прычына
Hebrewסיבה מדומיינת، תירוץ
Arabicحجة، ذريعة، علة
Persianبهانه
Urduبہانہ، جھوٹا بہانہ

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Meanings and synonyms of Vorwand
  • vorgeschobene, erfundene Begründung für eine Handlung
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Declension forms of Vorwand

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Vorwand in all cases

The declension of Vorwand as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Vorwand is crucial.

Declension Vorwand

Singular Plural
Nom. der Vorwand die Vorwände
Gen. des Vorwand(e)s der Vorwände
Dat. dem Vorwand(e) den Vorwänden
Acc. den Vorwand die Vorwände

Declension Vorwand

  • Singular: der Vorwand, des Vorwand(e)s, dem Vorwand(e), den Vorwand
  • Plural: die Vorwände, der Vorwände, den Vorwänden, die Vorwände

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