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.

Concepten

gissen

vermoeden

raden

veronderstellen

gissing

veronderstelling

doorzien

aannemen

menen

🤔

stellen

onderstelling

hypothese

giswerk

mening

speculatie

denk

gis

gok

geloven

veronerstellen

denken

🤔

aanname

conjectuur

begrijpen

inbeelden

opinie

extrapoleren

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

deviner

indovinare

adivinar

raten

Vermutung

erraten

vermuten

suponer

supposer

supposizione

adivinhar

supposition

supporre

conjecture

supor

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɡɛs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gessen

Overgenomen van Middelengels: gesse

Verwant aan Deens: gisne

Verwant aan Noors: gissa

Verwant aan Zweeds: gissa

Verwant aan Saterfries: gisje

Verwant aan Nederlands: gissen

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: gissen

Verwant aan Nederlands: gis

Verwant aan IJslands: giska

Verwant aan Russisch: гада́ть

Verwant aan 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.