rechnen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German rëchenen, from Old High German rëhhanōn (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/ (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈʁɛçnɛn/ (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: rech‧nen === Verb === rechnen (weak, third-person singular present rechnet, past tense rechnete, past participle gerechnet, auxiliary haben) (ambitransitive) to count, reckon, calculate, compute (intransitive) to count on, 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. (reflexive) to pay off, to be profitable Synonyms: auszahlen, lohnen, rentieren ==== Usage notes ==== Compare the form of rechnen mit to count on. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Rechnen, Rechner, Rechnung rechnend, gerechnet ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “rechnen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “rechnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “rechnen” in Duden online “rechnen” in OpenThesaurus.de “rechnen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn, from Proto-Germanic *rekanōną. Cognate with German rechnen, Hunsrik rechne, Dutch rekenen, English reckon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʀæɕnən/ === Verb === rechnen (third-person singular present rechent, past participle gerechent, auxiliary verb hunn) (transitive) to calculate (transitive or intransitive) to count ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ====