Vorsehung

== German == === Alternative forms === Fürsehung (obsolete) === Etymology === From Late Middle High German fürsehung (15th c.), a calque of Latin providentia and provisio. By surface analysis, vorsehen +‎ -ung. Doublet of Vorsicht. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːʁˌzeːʊŋ/, [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzeː.ʊŋ], [ˈfɔɐ̯-], [-ʊŋk] Hyphenation: Vor‧se‧hung === Noun === Vorsehung f (genitive Vorsehung, no plural) (religion) Providence, Divine Providence (God's superintendence over earthly events) Synonym: göttliche Fügung (by extension) fate, destiny (impersonal force or principle that predetermines events) Synonyms: Schicksal, Bestimmung (archaic) precaution, provision, providence (preparation, previous care) [chiefly until 19th c.] Synonyms: Vorsorge, Vorkehrung ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Vorsehung” in Duden online “Vorsehung”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)