| Subject | English | German |
| law | to come into the place of his legal predecessor | in die Rechtsstellung seines Rechtsvorgängers eintreten |
| comp., MS | external predecessor | externer Vorgänger (A predecessor to a task in the current project that resides in another project, represented by a task that appears dimmed in the task list) |
| gen. | for the remainder of his predecessor's term of office | für die verbleibende Amtszeit seines Vorgängers |
| law, proced.law., patents. | legal predecessor | Rechtsvorgänger |
| econ. | predecessor company | Vorgesellschaft |
| econ. | predecessor event | Vorereignis |
| econ. | predecessor event | vorhergehendes Ereignis |
| law, ADR | predecessor in business | Geschäftsvorgänger |
| gen. | predecessor in office | Amtsvorgänger |
| agric. | predecessor in title | Rechtsvorgänger |
| auto. | predecessor model | Vorgänger |
| auto. | predecessor model | Vorgängermodell |
| law | the predecessor | der Vorgänger |