raten

See also: Raten, råten, and Räten

German

Etymology

From Old High German rātan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną. Cognate with Low German raden, Dutch raden, English rede, read, Danish råde.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀaːtn̩/, /ˈʀaːtən/
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  • Hyphenation: ra‧ten

Verb

raten (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present rät, past tense riet, past participle geraten, past subjunctive riete, 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!

Conjugation

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

raten m

  1. definite singular of rate

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

raten m

  1. definite singular of rate
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