voraussehen
German, verb
voraussehen is spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-S-E-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Voraussehen is a German verb meaning “to foresee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Voraussehen is a different word: “gerund of voraussehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher ahnen / erkennen”.
What does voraussehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foresee
noun
- 1
neutergerund of voraussehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher ahnen / erkennen
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 voraussehen
- sieht voraus present singular third-person
- sah voraus past
- vorausgesehen participle past
- sähe voraus past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- voraussehend participle present
- vorauszusehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- sehe voraus first-person indicative present
- sehen voraus first-person indicative plural
- siehst voraus indicative present second-person
- seht voraus indicative plural present
- sehest voraus second-person singular subjunctive
- sehet voraus plural second-person subjunctive
- sahen voraus first-person indicative plural
- sähen voraus first-person plural subjunctive
- sahst voraus indicative preterite second-person
- saht voraus indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to voraussehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is voraussehen in German?
voraussehen 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).