absehen
German, verb[ˈäpzeː(ə)n]
absehen is spelled A-B-S-E-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Absehen is a German verb meaning “to foresee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(zukünftige Ereignisse) voraussehen”.
What does absehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foresee
- 2
archaicto realize, to convince oneself of
- 3
to overlook, to disregard, to refrain (to willfully not refer to a fact)
- 4
to be after, to design [with es and auf (+ accusative)]
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (zukünftige Ereignisse) voraussehen 2. etwas nicht tun oder veranlassen 3. nicht in die Betrachtung der Argumente einbeziehen 4. beobachtend erkennen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of absehen
- sieht ab present singular third-person
- sah ab past
- abgesehen participle past
- sähe ab past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- absehend participle present
- abzusehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- sehe ab first-person indicative present
- sehen ab first-person indicative plural
- siehst ab indicative present second-person
- seht ab indicative plural present
- sehest ab second-person singular subjunctive
- sehet ab plural second-person subjunctive
- sahen ab first-person indicative plural
- sähen ab first-person plural subjunctive
- sahst ab indicative preterite second-person
- saht ab indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce absehen?
- [ˈäpzeː(ə)n]
- [ˈapˌz̥eːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to absehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is absehen in German?
absehen appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).