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prophezeien

German, verb/pʁofeˈt͡saɪ̯ən/

prophezeien is spelled P-R-O-P-H-E-Z-E-I-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prophezeien is a German verb meaning “to prophesy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas Zukünftiges vorhersagen; etwas möglicherweise Eintretendes voraussagen”.

What does prophezeien mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to prophesy

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas Zukünftiges vorhersagen; etwas möglicherweise Eintretendes voraussagen

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 prophezeien

  • prophezeit present singular third-person
  • prophezeite past
  • haben auxiliary
  • prophezeiend participle present
  • prophezeie first-person indicative present
  • prophezeist indicative present second-person
  • prophezeiest second-person singular subjunctive
  • prophezeiet plural second-person subjunctive
  • prophezeiten first-person indicative plural
  • prophezeitest indicative preterite second-person
  • prophezeitet indicative plural preterite
  • prophezei imperative second-person singular
  • habe prophezeit first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben prophezeit first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • prophezeie! imperative singular
  • prophezei! imperative singular
  • prophezeit! imperative plural
  • prophezeit haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce prophezeien?

  • /pʁofeˈt͡saɪ̯ən/
  • [pʁofeˈt͡saɪ̯ən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to prophezeien

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is prophezeien in German?

prophezeien appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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