gissen
Meaning
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- to make a guess, estimate, have a go
- to presume, reckon
Concepts
speculate
make a conjecture
Synonyms
vooruitzien
bedacht zijn op
presumeren
rekenen tot
assumeren
imagi
veronerstellen
Frequency
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch gissen, further etymology unclear; perhaps from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *getan (“to get”). Cognate with English guess, West Frisian gissen, Swedish gissa, Danish gisse.
New
gis
- (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of gissen:
- (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of gissen:
- (form-of, imperative) inflection of gissen:
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