guess

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
2. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
3. (US) to suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
4. (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
5. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

Noun

A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

Sinonieme

conjecture

surmise

suppose

estimate

presume

supposition

speculate

assume

think

🤔

infer

imagine

speculation

reckon

hypothesis

guesswork

predict

approximate

anticipate

suspect

assumption

believe

opine

judge

🧑‍⚖️

expect

calculate

divine

theory

shot

estimation

say

🗣️

deem

understand

foretell

opinion

forecast

figure out

figure

sense

conclude

imagination

realise

bet

question

❓

realize

approximation

presumption

hazard

deduce

guesstimate

pretend

Vertalings

deviner

indovinare

adivinar

raten

erraten

Vermutung

gissen

supposizione

vermoeden

suponer

vermuten

supposer

raden

adivinhar

supposition

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɛs/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: gessen

Geërf van Middle English: gesse

Verwante met Deens: gisne

Verwante met Noors: gissa

Verwante met Sweeds: gissa

Verwante met Saterfriesisch: gisje

Verwante met Nederlands: gissen

Verwante met Nederduits: gissen

Verwante met Nederlands: gis

Verwante met Yslands: giska

Verwante met Russies: гада́ть

Verwante met Albanees: gjëzë

In summary

From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”).
Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). Compare also Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.