vorhersagen
German, verb
vorhersagen is spelled V-O-R-H-E-R-S-A-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written German, the 17,258th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorhersagen is a German verb meaning “to forecast, to predict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vorhersagen is a different word: “plural of Vorhersage”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Aussagen über die Zukunft treffen”.
What does vorhersagen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to forecast, to predict
noun
- 1
plural of Vorhersage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aussagen über die Zukunft treffen
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 vorhersagen
- sagt vorher present singular third-person
- sagte vorher past
- vorhergesagt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- vorhersagend participle present
- vorherzusagen infinitive infinitive-zu
- sage vorher first-person indicative present
- sagen vorher first-person indicative plural
- sagst vorher indicative present second-person
- sagest vorher second-person singular subjunctive
- saget vorher plural second-person subjunctive
- sagten vorher first-person indicative plural
- sagtest vorher indicative preterite second-person
- sagtet vorher indicative plural preterite
- sag vorher! imperative singular
- sage vorher! imperative singular
- sagt vorher! imperative plural
- vorhergesagt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vorhersagen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorhersagen in German?
vorhersagen appears 3.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).