vorauswissen
[foˈʁaʊ̯sˌvɪsn̩]
The verdict
“vorauswissen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schon vorher Kenntnis haben
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorauswissen · vorauswissen · German
vorauswissen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vorauswissen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌvɪsn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „vorauswissen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
vorauswissen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [foˈʁaʊ̯sˌvɪsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schon vorher Kenntnis haben".
vorauswissen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is vorauswissen, spelled V-O-R-A-U-S-W-I-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1schon vorher Kenntnis haben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vorauswissen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Man braucht nur in sein Antlitz zu blicken, um vorauszuwissen, dass sie härter, moroser und unfreudiger sein wird als je vordem eine Exegese des Christentums.“
„Vermittelst des Barometers, erlangen wir einigermaßen jene Kenntniß, das Wetter vorauszuwissen, wieder, welche die Alten unstreitig besaßen, wenn gleich die Anzeigen, auf welche sie ihre Schlüsse gründeten, uns unbekannt sind.“ (1836)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.