raten

See also: Raten, råten, and Räten

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

raten

  1. plural of raat

German

Etymology

From Old High German rātan, from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną.

Cognate with Low German raden, Dutch raden, English rede, read, Danish råde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaːtn̩/, /ˈʁaːtən/
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  • Hyphenation: ra‧ten

Verb

raten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present rät, past tense riet, past participle geraten, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to advise; to recommend
    jemandem etwas zu tun raten
    to advise someone to do something
    Ich rate dir dazu, die Chance zu ergreifen.
    I advise you to take the chance.
  2. (transitive) to guess
    Das rätst du nie.
    You will never guess that.
    Lass mich raten!
    Let me guess!
    Rate(t) mal!Guess what!

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • raten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • raten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • raten” in Duden online
  • raten” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

raten m

  1. definite singular of rate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

raten m

  1. definite singular of rate
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