deuten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German diuten, from Old High German diuten, from Proto-West Germanic *þiudijan whence also comes Old English þēod (“people, nation”).

Cognate with Yiddish טײַטשן‎ (taytshn), Dutch duiden, Icelandic þýða (“translate”), Swedish tyda, Danish tyde.

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔʏ̯tən/, [ˈdɔʏ̯tn̩]

Verb

deuten (weak, third-person singular present deutet, past tense deutete, past participle gedeutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to interpret (e.g. dreams)
  2. to point at (with auf + accusative)

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “deuten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “deuten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “deuten” in Duden online
  • “deuten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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