vorhergesehen

[foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]

/[foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“vorhergesehen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,426 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,426
frequency rank, German
4,163
“V” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs vorhersehen

Corpus desk

Index DE-vorhergesehen · vorhergesehen · German

vorhergesehen · rank #58,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,426
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,163
  • PHOTO-FINISH vorhandenem

Nearest frequency peer: vorhandenem (-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 „vorhergesehen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „vorhergesehen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vorhergesehen
PropertyValue
Headwordvorhergesehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]
Letters13
Frequency rank#58,426
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „vorhergesehen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).vorhergesehenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „vorhandenem“ (#58,425), „vorherrschen“ (#58,427), „Vorderachse“ (#58,424). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „vorhergesehen“ bei #58,426. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

vorhergesehen is uncommon German at frequency #58,426 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs vorhersehen".

vorhergesehen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is vorhergesehen, spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-G-E-S-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs vorhersehen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vorhergesehen"?
"vorhergesehen" is spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-G-E-S-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən].
What does "vorhergesehen" mean?
As a verb, "vorhergesehen" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs vorhersehen
How do you pronounce "vorhergesehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vorhergesehen" is [foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ɡəˌzeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vorhergesehen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vorhergesehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list