"be on the safe side" in German to be on the safe side um sicherzugehen sicherheitshalber Detailed translations for "be on the safe side" to be on the safe side to be on the safe side um sicherzugehen to be on the safe side(also: for safety, for safety's sake, as a precaution, for good measure) sicherheitshalber{adverb} I think to be on the safe side we'll fill up this canteen, huh? Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Wir sollten sicherheitshalber diesen Kanister für uns abfüllen, hm?