raten
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
Verb
- (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!
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Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
raten m
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
raten m
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