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Schätzung {f}; Annahme {f} | estimate; guess | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | Schätzungen {pl}; Annahmen {pl} | 1. | guesses | |
2. | eine vage Schätzung | 2. | a long guess | |
3. | vorläufige Schätzung | 3. | preliminary estimate | |
4. | Expertenschätzung {f}; auf Erfahrung basierende Annahme | 4. | educated guess | |
Vermutung {f}; Mutmaßung {f} | guess | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | Vielleicht wäre das andere Modell besser, aber das ist nur eine Vermutung. | 1. | Maybe the other model would be better, but I'm just guessing here. | |
auf etw. tippen {vt} [ugs.] (für wahrscheinlich halten) | to be sb.'s guess | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | tippend | 1. | being guess | |
2. | getippt | 2. | been guess | |
3. | Ich tippe darauf, dass wir noch dieses Jahr Neuwahlen haben. | 3. | My guess is that we'll have fresh elections later this year. | |
raten {vi} (die wahrscheinlichste Antwort wählen) | to guess (chose the most likely answer) | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | ratend | 1. | guessing | |
2. | geraten | 2. | guessed | |
3. | er/sie rät | 3. | he/she guesses | |
4. | ich/er/sie riet | 4. | I/he/she guessed | |
5. | richtig/falsch raten | 5. | to guess right/wrong | |
6. | Rate mal! | 6. | Have a guess! | |
7. | Gut geraten! | 7. | Well guessed! | |
8. | Dreimal darfst du raten. [iron.] | 8. | I'll give you three guesses.; You can have three guesses. | |
9. | Wenn dir keine Antwort einfällt, rate. | 9. | If you can't think of an answer, guess. | |
10. | Ich kann nur raten, was sie dazu getrieben hat. | 10. | I can only guess at what made her do this. | |
11. | „Sie hat mir gestern gesagt, was sie bedrückt.“ „Lass mich raten - es geht um ihren Freund.“ | 11. | 'Yesterday she told me what's bothering her.' 'Let me guess – it's about her boyfriend.' | |
12. | Nein, sag's nicht. Lass mich raten. | 12. | No, don't tell me, I'm keen to guess. | |
etw. erraten {vt} | to guess sth. | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | erratend | 1. | guessing | |
2. | erraten | 2. | guessed | |
3. | er/sie errät | 3. | he/she guesses | |
4. | ich/er/sie erriet | 4. | I/he/she guessed | |
5. | wir/sie rieten/errieten | 5. | we/they guessed | |
6. | er/sie hat/hatte erraten | 6. | he/she has/had guessed | |
7. | du errätst nie … | 7. | you'll never guess … | |
8. | Du hast's erraten! | 8. | You guessed/got got it! | |
9. | Das war nicht schwer zu erraten! | 9. | It wasn't difficult to guess that / work that out! | |
meinen; glauben; annehmen {vt} | to guess [coll.] | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | meinend; glaubend; annehmend | 1. | guessing | |
2. | gemeint; geglaubt; angenommen | 2. | guessed | |
3. | ich glaube, … | 3. | I guess … | |
4. | Vermutlich! | 4. | I guess so! | |
völlig unklar sein; in den Sternen stehen {vi} | to be anyone's guess; to be anybody's guess | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | Wie die Märkte reagieren werden, das wissen die Götter. | 1. | How the markets will react is anyone's guess. | |
etw. schätzen {vt} (ungefähr beziffern) | to guess sth. (estimate) | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | schätzend | 1. | guessing | |
2. | geschätzt | 2. | guessed | |
3. | schätzt | 3. | guesses | |
4. | schätzte | 4. | guessed | |
5. | Wie viele Leute, schätzt du, waren dort? | 5. | Can you guess how many people were there? | |
etw. voraussehen; vorhersagen; prophezeien {vt} | to second-guess; to outguess sth. | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | voraussehend; vorhersagend; prophezeiend | 1. | second-guessing; outguessing | |
2. | vorausgesehen; vorhergesagt; prophezeit | 2. | second-guessed; outguessed | |
3. | voraussehen, was jd. tun wird | 3. | to second-guess sb. | |
Ich weiß genauso viel wie du. | Your guess is as good as mine. [coll.] | |||
Examples | Examples | |||
1. | Keine Ahnung! | 1. | Your guess is as good as mine. [coll.] | |