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geraten

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See also: Geräten

German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʁaːtn̩/, /ɡəˈʁaːtən/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Etymology 1

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From Middle High German gerāten, from Old High German girātan (to counsel, decide, turn towards, take care of), from Proto-West Germanic *garādan, from Proto-Germanic *garēdaną (to have a plan for, take forethought of, purpose, intend, aim at), equivalent to ge- +‎ raten. Cognate with Middle Low German gerâden, Dutch geraden (to form an assumption, guess), Middle English ireden (to counsel, advise, teach, help, provide), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌳𐌰𐌽 (garēdan, to provide for, intend).

Verb

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geraten (class 7 strong, third-person singular present gerät, past tense geriet, past participle geraten, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to turn out, succeed
  2. (intransitive) to thrive
  3. (intransitive) to come (across, by); to fall (upon) [with an (+ accusative) or auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’]
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to get (into); to fall (into); to come (to); to fly (into) [with in (+ accusative) or unter (+ accusative) ‘a state or condition’]
    • 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 45/2010, page 90:
      Drei Jahre nach Ausbruch der Finanzkrise mehren sich die Spannungen zwischen den Industrienationen, der freie Welthandel gerät unter Druck.
      Three years after the outbreak of the financial crisis, the tensions between the industrial nations are increasing, global free trade is coming under pressure.
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Walloon: guerôder

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German gerāten, equivalent to ge- +‎ raten. Cognate with Middle Low German gerâden. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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geraten

  1. past participle of raten (to advise, to recommend, to guess)

Adjective

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geraten (strong nominative masculine singular geratener, comparative geratener, superlative am geratensten)

  1. advisable
  2. guessed; solved
Declension
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Further reading

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