geraten

== German == === Alternative forms === gerathen (obsolete) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈʁaːtn̩/, /ɡəˈʁaːtən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German gerāten, from Old High German girātan (“to counsel, decide, turn towards, take care of”), from Proto-West Germanic *garādan, from Proto-Germanic *garēdaną (“to have a plan for, take forethought of, purpose, intend, aim at”), equivalent to ge- +‎ raten. Cognate with Middle Low German gerâden, Dutch geraden (“to form an assumption, guess”), Middle English ireden (“to counsel, advise, teach, help, provide”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (garēdan, “to provide for, intend”). ==== Verb ==== geraten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present gerät, past tense geriet, past participle geraten, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to turn out, succeed (intransitive) to thrive (intransitive) to come (across, by); to fall (upon) [with an (+ accusative) or auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’] (intransitive, figurative) to get (into); to fall (into); to come (to); to fly (into) [with in (+ accusative) or unter (+ accusative) ‘a state or condition’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Walloon: guerôder === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German gerāten, equivalent to ge- +‎ raten. Cognate with Middle Low German gerâden. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== geraten past participle of raten (“to advise, to recommend, to guess”) ==== Adjective ==== geraten (strong nominative masculine singular geratener, comparative geratener, superlative am geratensten) advisable guessed; solved ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “geraten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “geraten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “geraten (raten, empfehlen)” in Duden online “geraten (vernünftig, angebracht)” in Duden online “geraten (gelingen, hingelangen)” in Duden online “geraten” in OpenThesaurus.de