Polyglot Dictionary

vorhersehen

/foːɐ̯ˈheːɐ̯ˌzeːən/

verb C1

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

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V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
sieht vorher
past
sah vorher
perfect
hat vorhergesehen

Meaning

  1. to foresee

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

voraussehen

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 vorhersehen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das konnte niemand ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vorhersehen?

verbseparable-verb

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