Vorahnung

[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]/ noun

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Vorahnung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Vorahnung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorahnung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorahnung“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Vorahnungfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorleben“ (#50,174), „volljährige“ (#50,171), „Vorreiterrolle“ (#50,175). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Vorahnung“ bei #50,173. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Vorahnung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Spät abends trieb es ihn wie in einer Vorahnung auf den Hof.“
  2. „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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorahnung"?
"Vorahnung" is spelled V-O-R-A-H-N-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ].
What does "Vorahnung" mean?
As a noun, "Vorahnung" means: undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird
How do you pronounce "Vorahnung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Vorahnung" is [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Vorahnung", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list