hasty
Loading your saved state.
hasty
Acting, judging, or deciding too quickly and without sufficient thought.
Es war eine voreilige Entscheidung, den Job sofort zu kündigen, ohne einen neuen zu haben.
It was a hasty decision to quit the job immediately without having a new one.
The word is derived from 'vor' (before) and 'Eile' (haste). A 'voreilige' (hasty) action therefore happens, as it were, 'before the haste,' meaning that it happens too quickly and without the necessary consideration.
Sei nicht so voreilig mit deiner Zusage, denk erst darüber nach!
Don't be so hasty with your acceptance; think about it first!
'Voreilig' (hasty) can be used as an adjective before a noun or as an adverb to describe a verb. The form of the word does not change in this use, except when declined as an adjective.
Das war ein voreiliger Schluss.
That was a hasty conclusion.
'Voreilig' (hasty) is often used in combination with actions or judgments. Typical collocations are 'eine voreilige Entscheidung treffen' (to make a hasty decision), 'ein voreiliges Urteil fällen' (to pass a hasty judgment), or 'voreilig handeln' (to act hastily).
Ich möchte kein voreiliges Urteil über die Situation fällen.
I don't want to pass a hasty judgment on the situation.
early / premature
Vorzeitig describes something happening before the planned or expected time. Voreilig, on the other hand, describes an action or decision as too quick and insufficiently thought through. An interruption can therefore be early, hasty, or both, depending on which aspect matters.
Mara brach die Prüfung voreilig ab, weil sie die letzte Aufgabe sofort für unlösbar hielt.
Mara ended the exam hastily because she immediately thought the last question was impossible to solve.
Mara brach die Prüfung vorzeitig ab, obwohl noch eine Stunde übrig war.
Mara ended the exam early, even though there was still an hour left.
