rathen

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German

Verb

rathen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present räth, past tense rieth, past participle gerathen, auxiliary haben)

  1. Obsolete spelling of raten which was deprecated in 1902 following the Second Orthographic Conference of 1901.
    • 1813, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, edited by Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Einleitungsvorlesungen in die Wissenschaftslehre, Leipzig, published 1924, page 39:
      Wir werden zu rathen haben, wenn nicht sie selbst sich verrathen.
      We’ll have to guess, if they do not expose themselves.

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