deuten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German diuten, from Old High German diuten, from Proto-Germanic *þiudijaną wherefrom also comes Old English þēod (people, nation). Cognate with Dutch duiden, Icelandic þýða (translate), Swedish tyda, Danish tyde.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔʏ̯tən/, [ˈdɔʏ̯tn̩]

Verb

deuten (third-person singular simple present deutet, past tense deutete, past participle gedeutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to interpret
  2. to point at (with auf)

Conjugation

Further reading

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