Polyglot Dictionary

voraussehen

/foˈʁaʊ̯sˌzeːən/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
sieht voraus
past
sah voraus
perfect
hat vorausgesehen

Meaning

  1. to foresee

    Built from voraus (ahead) + sehen (to see).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • voraus ahead
  • sehen to see

Similar words

vorhersehen

voraussehen and vorhersehen are close synonyms for "to foresee," largely interchangeable.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

antever

antever is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to foresee."

Portuguese

prever

prever is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to foresee."

Practice

1 What does voraussehen mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches voraussehen?

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