vermuten

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to assume, suppose, presume, suspect, (US) guess
  2. (transitive, weak) to suppose someone to be

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈmuːtən/
Etymology

From Middle Low German vormōden, composed of vor (“for”) + mōden (“to want, ask for”), piecewise equivalent to and synchronically analyzable as ver- + muten, from Mut + -en.

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