Home › Words › V › vorlagevorlage/ˈfɔːlɑːɡə/vorlage means A prior version or manifestation of a text.vorlage is pronounced /ˈfɔːlɑːɡə/.EtymologyBorrowed from German Vorlage (“template, prototype”).nounA prior version or manifestation of a text.e.g.“Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah already existed in their individual Hebrew Vorlages, and 1 Esdras existed, probably in Hebrew, as a derivative from them.” — 1989, Simon John De Vries, 1 and 2 Chronicles, page 9:A skiing position in which the skier leans forward while keeping their heels in contact with the skis.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.urform 57% match — The (real or idealised) version of a transmissible cultural element, such as a word, language, religion, ideology, folktale, melody, meme, etc., which is taken to be the original form from which all other versions have deviated. vs vorlage →urtext 56% match — A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement. vs vorlage →preformation 55% match — Prior formation. vs vorlage →antetype 55% match — An archetype or prototype; an example or precursor that guides future developments or versions. vs vorlage →protoform 55% match — Synonym of urform (“basic or original form”). vs vorlage →proterotype 53% match — A first or primitive type vs vorlage →paralipomena 53% match — The different text variants or text witnesses researched when creating a critical edition. vs vorlage →aforerelated 52% match — Related earlier in a document. vs vorlage →