This is the 12428th most frequent German word.
vorderseite
Front side.
Used to denote the 'front side' of a building.
Die Vorderseite des Hauses ist rot gestrichen.
The front side of the house is painted red.
Refers to the 'front side' of an object, in this case, a book.
Auf der Vorderseite des Buches ist ein Bild von einem Schiff.
On the front side of the book, there is an image of a ship.
Describes the surface that is commonly considered the 'front' of a flat object, here a sheet of paper.