Vorsicht
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Chiefly a backformation from vorsichtig, from Middle High German vorsihtec, vürsihtec, from Old High German foresihtig, derived from foresiht, a calque of Latin providentia and provisio. By surface analysis, vor- + Sicht. Doublet of Vorsehung. Although the noun must underlie the adjective, the former is not attested again (after Notker) before the 15th century; it remained rare until ca. 1650. Compare Dutch voorzicht, English foresight.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Vorsicht f (genitive Vorsicht, no plural)
- caution, cautiousness
- (dated) precaution, providence, provision
- Synonyms: Vorsorge, Vorkehrung
Declension edit
Declension of Vorsicht [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Interjection edit
Vorsicht!
Further reading edit
Categories:
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms calqued from Latin
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms prefixed with vor-
- German doublets
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German uncountable nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German dated terms
- German interjections