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rechnen

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Etymology

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    From Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn (akin to Old Saxon *rekenen), from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn. Compare Hunsrik rechne, Low German rekenen, Dutch rekenen and English reckon. Indirectly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.

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    rechnen (weak, third-person singular present rechnet, past tense rechnete, past participle gerechnet, auxiliary haben)

    1. (ambitransitive) to count, reckon, calculate, compute
    2. (intransitive) to expect [with mit (+ dative)]
      Damit haben die Fans nicht gerechnet.Here's something fans never thought they'd see.
      Damit habe ich nicht gerechnet.I really wasn't expecting this.
      • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 22/2010, page 13:
        In ihren ökonomischen Eckwerten im April rechnete die Regierung fürs kommende Jahr noch mit 3,43 Millionen Arbeitslosen.
        In their economic guidance values of April the government still expected 3.43 million unemployed for the coming year.
    3. (reflexive) to pay off, to be profitable
      Synonyms: auszahlen, lohnen, rentieren

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    Compare the form of rechnen mit to count on.

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with German rechnen, Hunsrik rechne, Dutch rekenen, English reckon.

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    rechnen (third-person singular present rechent, past participle gerechent, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive) to calculate
    2. (transitive or intransitive) to count

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    Regular
    infinitive rechnen
    participle gerechent
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular rechnen
    2nd singular rechens rechen
    3rd singular rechent
    1st plural rechnen
    2nd plural rechent rechent
    3rd plural rechnen

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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