erraten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erraten, from Old High German irrātan, arrātan, urrātan, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀrādan, from Proto-Germanic *uzrēdaną (“to guess”). Equivalent to er- +‎ raten (“advise, recommend; guess”). Cognate with English arread. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛˈʁaːtən/, [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʁaːtn̩] Hyphenation: er‧ra‧ten Rhymes: -aːtn̩ === Verb === erraten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present errät, past tense erriet, past participle erraten, auxiliary haben) to determine (something) through advice or empathy to guess (something) correctly, to divine ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “erraten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erraten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erraten” in Duden online “erraten” in OpenThesaurus.de