rechnen
- (ambitransitive, weak) to count, reckon, calculate, compute
- (intransitive, weak) to expect
- (reflexive, weak) to pay off, to be profitable
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
rechne
Basel-Landschaft
rächne
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁɛçnən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German rechenen, from Old High German rehhanōn (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-.
Related words
bezahlt machen
berrechnen
auf der Rechnung haben
calcular
calcolare
calculer
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