"as a precaution" in German as a precaution sicherheitshalber vorsichtshalber vorsorglich Detailed translations for "as a precaution" as a precaution as a precaution(also: for safety, for safety's sake, to be on the safe side, for good measure) sicherheitshalber{adverb} as a precaution vorsichtshalber{adverb} as a precaution(also: as a precautionary measure) vorsorglich{adverb} Not dangerously so but just as a precaution we put a new wheel on it. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Nicht sehr viel, aber wir haben vorsorglich ein neues Rad angebracht.