Vorahnung

/[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#50,173

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Vorahnung is aGermannoun. It means: undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird Pronounced [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ].

Key facts for Vorahnung
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorahnung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,173
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Vorahnung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Vorahnung is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʔaːnʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,173 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Vorahnung in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Vorahnung, spelled V-O-R-A-H-N-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    undeutliches Gefühl, dass etwas geschehen wird

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #50,173 in German

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.
What language does "Vorahnung" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.