ramen
Meaning
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- (transitive) to make an estimate
- (transitive) to fix an estimate, to budget
- (obsolete,transitive) to guess, to reckon, to deduce
- (obsolete,transitive) to take aim (at), to watch, to observe
- (obsolete,transitive) to hit
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈraːmə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ramen (“to aim, to strive for, to guess”), possibly from Old Dutch *rāmon, from Proto-Germanic *rēmijaną, *rēmāną, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to set in motion, move about”), as in English roam.
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New
raam
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- (feminine,masculine,neuter) window
- (feminine,masculine,neuter) frame, framework, context
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