da sei Gott vor in German

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Etymology: Literally, "God be in front of it", that is "may He block it from happening". The splitting of the pronominal adverb davor suggests a northern or western German origin. Head templates: {{head|de|phrase}} da sei Gott vor

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{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"God be in front of it\", that is \"may He block it from happening\". The splitting of the pronominal adverb davor suggests a northern or western German origin.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "da sei Gott vor",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "God forbid; said when mentioning a possible and undesirable future event"
      ],
      "id": "en-da_sei_Gott_vor-de-phrase-NH~ioi9X",
      "links": [
        [
          "God forbid",
          "God forbid"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Gott bewahre"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "da sei Gott vor"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"God be in front of it\", that is \"may He block it from happening\". The splitting of the pronominal adverb davor suggests a northern or western German origin.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "da sei Gott vor",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
        "German phrases"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "God forbid; said when mentioning a possible and undesirable future event"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "God forbid",
          "God forbid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Gott bewahre"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "da sei Gott vor"
}

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"da sei Gott vor" meaning in German

Phrase