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German
Etymology
ver- + muten, from Mut + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtən/,
- Hyphenation: ver‧mu‧ten
Verb
vermuten (weak, third-person singular present vermutet, past tense vermutete, past participle vermutet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to assume, suppose, presume, suspect, (US) guess
Die Polizei vermutet, dass es einen Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Verbrechen gibt.- The police suspect that there is a connection between the two crimes.
- (transitive, a person, at a location) to suppose someone to be
1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 125:Niemand konnte ihn hier vermuten, er hatte das Gefühl vollkommener Sicherheit, von keiner Seite drohte irgendwelche Gefahr.- Nobody could suppose him to be here, he had the feeling of complete security, from no side did any danger threaten him.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
vermuten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
vermuten (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “vermuten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “vermuten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “vermuten” in Duden online
- “vermuten” in OpenThesaurus.de