raten

See also: Raten, råten, and Räten

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German rātan, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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!

Derived terms

• beraten
• erraten
• verraten

Related terms

• Rat
• Rathaus
• ratlos

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

raten m

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of rate

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

raten m

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of rate