vorsorglich
German, adjective[ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɔʁklɪç]
vorsorglich is spelled V-O-R-S-O-R-G-L-I-C-H (11 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vorsorglich is a German adjective meaning “precautionary, preventative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Voraus sorgend, meist um Probleme zu vermeiden”.
What does vorsorglich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
precautionary, preventative
- 2
provident
adverb
- 1
providently
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im Voraus sorgend, meist um Probleme zu vermeiden
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 vorsorglich
- vorsorglicher masculine nominative singular
- am vorsorglichsten superlative
- vorsorgliche feminine nominative singular
- vorsorgliches neuter nominative singular
- vorsorglichen genitive masculine singular
- vorsorglichem dative masculine singular
- der vorsorgliche definite includes-article masculine
- die vorsorgliche definite feminine includes-article
- das vorsorgliche definite includes-article neuter
- die vorsorglichen definite includes-article nominative
- des vorsorglichen definite genitive includes-article
- der vorsorglichen definite feminine genitive
- dem vorsorglichen dative definite includes-article
- vsl. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vorsorglich?
- [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɔʁklɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vorsorglich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vorsorglich in German?
vorsorglich appears 2.3 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).