Vorlage

== English == === Alternative forms === vorlage === Etymology === Borrowed 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. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vorlāge. By surface analysis, deverbal from vorlegen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌlaːɡə] === Noun === Vorlage f (genitive Vorlage, plural Vorlagen) source material, original, inspiration (the material that is adapted into a piece of media or art, e.g. a novel turned into a film, a historical person transformed into a fictional character, or a photo copied into a pencil sketch) (also computing) template (generic layout or form to be specified with concrete data) Stundenzettel-Vorlage ― time sheet template (formal) presentation, submission (of a document requested/required as part of a process) setup, assist, opportunity (something which is promptly referenced by someone else to make a joke, argument, segue or criticism) (sports) assist (decisive pass that leads to a goal or similar successful play) (uncountable, sports) forward-leaning posture Antonym: Rücklage (skiing) vorlage (politics) draft, document (for evaluation or ratification by a wider circle) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== === Further reading === “Vorlage” in Duden online “Vorlage”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)