voraussehen
[foˈʁaʊ̯sˌzeːən]
The verdict
“voraussehen” is uncommon German (frequency #62,066 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,066
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher ahnen / erkennen
Corpus desk
Index DE-voraussehen · voraussehen · German
voraussehen · rank #62,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,066
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vorausgesehen
Nearest frequency peer: vorausgesehen (-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 „voraussehen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- vollstrecken
vollstrecken
37,938 corpus weight
- vorangehend…
vorangehenden
37,937 corpus weight
- vorausgeseh…
vorausgesehen
37,936 corpus weight
- voraussehen
voraussehen
37,935 corpus weight
- vorgewarnt
vorgewarnt
37,933 corpus weight
- Vormärz
Vormärz
37,932 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „voraussehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | voraussehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌzeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „voraussehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
voraussehen is uncommon German at frequency #62,066 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher ahnen / erkennen".
voraussehen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is voraussehen, spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1ein Ereignis in der Zukunft bereits vorher ahnen / erkennen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how voraussehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Klimawandel lässt sich nicht mehr voraussehen, denn wir sind bereits mitten drin.
Wenn ich heute Abend nach Hause komme, sehe ich jetzt schon voraus, wie meine Frau mit dem Nudelholz hinter der Tür steht.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).