Vorahnung

premonition

noun FOR-ah-noong Less Common

Also means

foreboding

Usage Note

Vorahnung is a feeling that something, usually bad, will happen, a compound of vor (before) and Ahnung (inkling). Common collocation: eine düstere Vorahnung. Plural Vorahnungen.

Examples

"Eine dunkle Vorahnung ließ ihn nicht los."

Natural Translation

A dark premonition would not leave him.

Literal Translation

A dark premonition let him not loose.

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