Vorahnung
[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]
The verdict
“Vorahnung” is uncommon German (frequency #50,173 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,173
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorahnung · Vorahnung · German
Vorahnung · rank #50,173 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,173
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorleben
Nearest frequency peer: vorleben (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Vorahnung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Vitaminen
Vitaminen
49,831 corpus weight
- volljährige
volljährige
49,830 corpus weight
- Vorahnung
Vorahnung
49,828 corpus weight
- vorleben
vorleben
49,827 corpus weight
- Vorreiterro…
Vorreiterrolle
49,826 corpus weight
- vorzuhalten
vorzuhalten
49,825 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorahnung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Vorahnung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,173 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorahnung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorahnung is uncommon German at frequency #50,173 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird".
Vorahnung has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vorahnung, spelled V-O-R-A-H-N-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorahnung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Spät abends trieb es ihn wie in einer Vorahnung auf den Hof.“
„Daher brach ich mit einer düsteren Vorahnung zu dieser Reise auf."
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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