rechnen

German

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛçnən/
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  • Hyphenation: rech‧nen

Verb

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

  1. to count, reckon, calculate, compute
  2. to expect [+ mit (object)]
    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, 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.

Usage notes

Compare the form of rechnen mit to count on.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

starting with rechen-

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Hunsrik rechne, Dutch rekenen, English reckon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʀæɕnən/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

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