vorausahnen
German, verb
vorausahnen is spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-A-H-N-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorausahnen is a German verb meaning “to anticipate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorausahnen is a different word: “gerund of vorausahnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas im Voraus ahnen, ahnend vorhersehen, ein Vorgefühl von etwas haben”.
What does vorausahnen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to anticipate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vorausahnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas im Voraus ahnen, ahnend vorhersehen, ein Vorgefühl von etwas haben
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 vorausahnen
- ahnt voraus present singular third-person
- ahnte voraus past
- vorausgeahnt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorausahnend participle present
- vorauszuahnen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ahne voraus first-person indicative present
- ahnen voraus first-person indicative plural
- ahnst voraus indicative present second-person
- ahnest voraus second-person singular subjunctive
- ahnet voraus plural second-person subjunctive
- ahnten voraus first-person indicative plural
- ahntest voraus indicative preterite second-person
- ahntet voraus indicative plural preterite
- ahn voraus! imperative singular
- ahne voraus! imperative singular
- ahnt voraus! imperative plural
- vorausgeahnt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vorausahnen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorausahnen in German?
vorausahnen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).