Vorgefühl

noun

The verdict

“Vorgefühl” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pressentiment, émotion ressentie par anticipation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-vorgefuhl · Vorgefühl · French

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.

Key facts for Vorgefühl
PropertyValue
HeadwordVorgefühl
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Vorgefühl » en français

Vorgefühlreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Vorgefühl is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pressentiment, émotion ressentie par anticipation.".

Vorgefühl has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Vorgefühl, spelled V-O-R-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pressentiment, émotion ressentie par anticipation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Vorgefühl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Im Kriegswinter 1944/45, als der Schatten der Katastrophe schwer über allem lag, wurden diese Verse geschrieben. Sie sind erfüllt vom Vorgefühl des nahenden Verhängnisses.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Vorgefühl"?
"Vorgefühl" is spelled V-O-R-G-E-F-Ü-H-L.
What does "Vorgefühl" mean?
As a noun, "Vorgefühl" means: Pressentiment, émotion ressentie par anticipation.
What language does "Vorgefühl" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list