vorsichtig

== German == === Etymology === From vor- +‎ Sicht +‎ -ig. Compare Dutch voorzichtig, Yiddish פֿאָרזיכטיק (forzikhtik) and English foresighty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪç/ (standard) IPA(key): /ˈfoːɐ̯ˌzɪçtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) Hyphenation: vor‧sich‧tig === Adjective === vorsichtig (strong nominative masculine singular vorsichtiger, comparative vorsichtiger, superlative am vorsichtigsten) deliberate (not hasty or sudden); careful, cautious, wary, circumspect vorsichtige Schätzung ― conservative/modest estimate ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === vorsichtig carefully === Further reading === “vorsichtig” in Duden online “vorsichtig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)