vorgreifen

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German

Etymology

By surface analysis vor+greifen.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: vor‧grei‧fen

Verb

vorgreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present greift vor, past tense griff vor, past participle vorgegriffen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to reach forward
  2. to run ahead
    • 1927, Hermann Hesse, Der Steppenwolf, page 12:
      Ich habe damit weit vorgegriffen und, eigentlich gegen meinen Plan und Willen, im Grunde schon das Wesentliche über Haller gesagt,..
      I have run ahead of myself and, against my plan wish, already have basically said everything essential about Haller,..

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Further reading

  • vorgreifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache