Vorlage
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Vorlage (“template, prototype”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːlɑːɡə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹlɑɡə/
Noun
Vorlage (plural Vorlages)
- 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
Noun
Vorlage f (genitive Vorlage, plural Vorlagen)
- 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.
- template
- submission; the act of handing in (a document, etc.)
- (uncountable, skiing) vorlage (skiing posture)
- (sports) pass
- Synonym: Pass
Declension
Declension of Vorlage