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rechnen

Meaning

  1. (ambitransitive, weak) to count, reckon, calculate, compute
  2. (intransitive, weak) to expect
  3. (reflexive, weak) to pay off, to be profitable

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

rechne

Basel-Landschaft

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-.

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