Vorgefühl
[ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌfyːl]
The verdict
“Vorgefühl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ahnung/Gefühl dafür, was später sein könnte
Corpus desk
Index DE-vorgefuhl · Vorgefühl · German
Vorgefühl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Vorgefühl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌfyːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vorgefühl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vorgefühl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfoːɐ̯ɡəˌfyːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ahnung/Gefühl dafür, was später sein könnte".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vorgefühl, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Vorgefühl, spelled V-O-R-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.
Definition
- 1Ahnung/Gefühl dafür, was später sein könnte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vorgefühl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Sie hatte damals ein dunkles Vorgefühl dafür gehabt, dass dieser Zustand der Freiheit und des Aufgeschlossenseins für alle Freuden nie wiederkehren werde, und dieses Vorgefühl hatte recht behalten.“
„Doch daß es möglich war, nichts mehr zu erleben, hatte er nicht in Betracht gezogen in seinem Vorgefühl von Triumph.“
Synonyms
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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.