vorsichtig
German, adjective/ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪç/
vorsichtig is a German adjective meaning “deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorsicht zeigend, Achtung gebend”.
What does vorsichtig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect
vorsichtige Schätzung
adverb
- 1
carefully
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Vorsicht zeigend, Achtung gebend
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 vorsichtig
- vorsichtiger masculine nominative singular
- am vorsichtigsten superlative
- vorsichtige feminine nominative singular
- vorsichtiges neuter nominative singular
- vorsichtigen genitive masculine singular
- vorsichtigem dative masculine singular
- der vorsichtige definite includes-article masculine
- die vorsichtige definite feminine includes-article
- das vorsichtige definite includes-article neuter
- die vorsichtigen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorsichtigen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorsichtigen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorsichtigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorsichtig?
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪç/
- /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪk/
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorsichtig
- careful
- carefully
- deliberately
- cautious
- wary
- prudent
- cautiously
- evasive
- canny
- gingerly
- circumspect
- prudently
- chary
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorsichtig in German?
vorsichtig appears 28 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).