raten
Dutch
Noun
raten
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/
audio (Germany): (file) audio (Germany): (file) audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: ra‧ten
Verb
raten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present rät, past tense riet, past participle geraten, auxiliary haben)
- (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.
- (transitive) to guess
- Das rätst du nie.
- You will never guess that.
- Lass mich raten!
- Let me guess!
- Rate(t) mal! ― Guess what!
Conjugation
infinitive | raten | ||||
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present participle | ratend | ||||
past participle | geraten | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich rate | wir raten | i | ich rate | wir raten |
du rätst | ihr ratet | du ratest | ihr ratet | ||
er rät | sie raten | er rate | sie raten | ||
preterite | ich riet | wir rieten | ii | ich riete1 | wir rieten1 |
du rietest du rietst |
ihr rietet | du rietest1 | ihr rietet1 | ||
er riet | sie rieten | er riete1 | sie rieten1 | ||
imperative | rat (du) rate (du) |
ratet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related 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
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
raten m
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