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From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). Compare also Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.

282 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: hamendje — prediction about the outcome of something
• Albanian: supozim — prediction about the outcome of something
• Belarusian: дага́дка (dahádka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Belarusian: здага́дка (zdahádka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Bulgarian: дога́дка (dogádka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Bulgarian: предположе́ние (predpoložénie) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Catalan: conjectura — prediction about the outcome of something
• Cebuano: panaghap — prediction about the outcome of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 猜測 /猜测 (cāicè) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Czech: odhad — prediction about the outcome of something
• Danish: gæt — prediction about the outcome of something
• Dutch: gok — prediction about the outcome of something
• Dutch: gissing — prediction about the outcome of something
• Dutch: veronderstelling — prediction about the outcome of something
• Dutch: raden — prediction about the outcome of something
• Dutch: gis — prediction about the outcome of something
• Finnish: arvaus — prediction about the outcome of something
• Finnish: veikkaus — prediction about the outcome of something
• French: conjecture — prediction about the outcome of something
• German: Vermutung — prediction about the outcome of something
• Greek: εικασία (eikasía) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Hindi: अनुमान (anumān) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Hindi: अटकल (aṭkal) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Indonesian: tebakan — prediction about the outcome of something
• Irish: amas — prediction about the outcome of something
• Irish: amhras — prediction about the outcome of something
• Irish: barúil — prediction about the outcome of something
• Irish: tomhas — prediction about the outcome of something
• Irish: buille faoi thuairim — prediction about the outcome of something
• Italian: congettura — prediction about the outcome of something
• Japanese: 推測 (suisoku) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Korean: 추측 (chucheuk) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Central Kurdish: مەزەندە (mezende) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Latin: coniectūra — prediction about the outcome of something
• Lithuanian: spėjimas — prediction about the outcome of something
• Malayalam: ഊഹം (ūhaṁ) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Norwegian: gjetning — prediction about the outcome of something
• Old English: rǣdels — prediction about the outcome of something
• Oromo: tilmaama — prediction about the outcome of something
• Persian: حدس (hads) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Polish: zgadnięcie — prediction about the outcome of something
• Portuguese: suposição — prediction about the outcome of something
• Portuguese: conjectura — prediction about the outcome of something
• Russian: дога́дка (dogádka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas — prediction about the outcome of something
• Scottish Gaelic: tuairmse — prediction about the outcome of something
• Scottish Gaelic: barail — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: conjetura — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: cábala — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: suposición — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: adivinación — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: adivinamiento — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: sospecha — prediction about the outcome of something
• Spanish: presunción — prediction about the outcome of something
• Swedish: gissning — prediction about the outcome of something
• Turkish: tahmin — prediction about the outcome of something
• Ukrainian: здо́гадка (zdóhadka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Ukrainian: здога́дка (zdohádka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Ukrainian: здо́гад (zdóhad) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Ukrainian: до́гад (dóhad) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Ukrainian: до́гадка (dóhadka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Ukrainian: дога́дка (dohádka) — prediction about the outcome of something
• Vietnamese: sự đoán — prediction about the outcome of something
• Albanian: hamendësoj — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Southern Altai: молјо- (molǰo-) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Arabic: خَمَّنَ (ḵammana) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Arabic: حزر (ḥazara) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Belarusian: адга́дваць (adhádvacʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Belarusian: адгада́ць (adhadácʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Bulgarian: гада́я (gadája) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Bulgarian: отга́твам (otgátvam) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Catalan: endevinar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Chinese Mandarin: 猜測 /猜测 (cāicè) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Chinese Mandarin: 猜 (cāi) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Chinese Mandarin: 推測 /推测 (tuīcè) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Czech: hádat — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Danish: gætte — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Danish: gisne — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Dutch: veronderstellen — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Dutch: gissen — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Esperanto: diveni — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Finnish: arvata — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Finnish: veikata — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• French: deviner — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• West-Frisian: ergje — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Galician: adiviñar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• German: schätzen — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• German: raten — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Greek: υποθέτω (ypothéto) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Greek: εικάζω (eikázo) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Ancient Greek: τοπάζω (topázō) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Hebrew: נִיחֵשׁ (nikhésh) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Hindi: अनुमान (anumān) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Hindi: अटकल (aṭkal) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Hungarian: találgat — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Hungarian: tippel — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Hungarian: saccol — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Icelandic: geta — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Icelandic: giska — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Ido: divinar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Indonesian: kira — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Indonesian: mengira — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Indonesian: pikir — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Indonesian: berpikir — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Irish: tomhais — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Italian: indovinare — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Japanese: 推測する (suisoku suru) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Japanese: 察する (sassuru) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Japanese: 憶測する (okusoku suru) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Korean: 추측하다 (chucheukhada) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Latin: dīvīnō — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Lithuanian: spė́ti — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Malayalam: ഊഹിക്കുക (ūhikkuka) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Mirandese: adebinar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Mongolian: таах (taax) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Neapolitan: addivinà — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjette — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjete — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjeta — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gjetta — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gissa — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Old English: rǣdan — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Polish: zgadywać — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Polish: zgadnąć — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Portuguese: adivinhar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Romanian: bănui — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Romanian: ghici — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: гада́ть (gadátʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: погада́ть (pogadátʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: уга́дывать (ugádyvatʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: угада́ть (ugadátʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: отга́дывать (otgádyvatʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: отгада́ть (otgadátʹ) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: дога́дываться (dogádyvatʹsja) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Russian: догада́ться (dogadátʹsja) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhais — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Serbo-Croatian: nagađati — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Serbo-Croatian: nagoditi — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Slovak: hádať — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Slovene: uganiti — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Spanish: adivinar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Spanish: conjeturar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Spanish: barruntar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Spanish: sospechar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Swedish: gissa — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Tagalog: manghula — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Thai: เดา (dao) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Ukrainian: припуска́ти (prypuskáty) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Ukrainian: припусти́ти (prypustýty) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Venetan: intivar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Venetan: indovinar — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Vietnamese: đoán — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Vietnamese: phỏng đoán — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Welsh: dyfalu — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Yiddish: טרעפֿן (trefn) — to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
• Albanian: gjej — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Azerbaijani: tapmaq — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Belarusian: уга́дваць (uhádvacʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Belarusian: угада́ць (uhadácʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Belarusian: адга́дваць (adhádvacʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Belarusian: адгада́ць (adhadácʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Bulgarian: досе́щам се (doséštam se) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Bulgarian: отга́твам (otgátvam) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Catalan: obtenir — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Czech: uhádnout — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Dutch: raden — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Esperanto: supozi — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Finnish: ratkaista — to solve by a correct conjecture
• French: déduire — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Galician: adiviñar — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Galician: acertar — to solve by a correct conjecture
• German: erraten — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Greek: μαντεύω (mantévo) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Hindi: अनुमान (anumān) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Hungarian: kitalál — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Hungarian: eltalál — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Indonesian: menebak — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Irish: tomhais — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Italian: azzeccare — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Japanese: 当てる (ateru) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Japanese: 言い当てる (iiateru) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Lithuanian: atspė́ti — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Malay: agak — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Malay: anggar — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Malayalam: ഊഹിക്കുക (ūhikkuka) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Mongolian: таах (taax) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Norwegian Bokmål: gjette — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Old English: rǣdan — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Polish: odgadywać — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Polish: odgadnąć — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Portuguese: adivinhar — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Portuguese: deduzir — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Russian: уга́дывать (ugádyvatʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Russian: угада́ть (ugadátʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Russian: отга́дывать (otgádyvatʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Russian: отгада́ть (otgadátʹ) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhais — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Spanish: deducir — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Spanish: adivinar — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Swedish: gissa — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Tagalog: nahulaan — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: здога́дуватися (zdoháduvatysja) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: здогада́тися (zdohadátysja) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: уга́дувати (uháduvaty) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: угада́ти (uhadáty) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: вга́дувати (vháduvaty) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: вгада́ти (vhadáty) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: відга́дувати (vidháduvaty) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Ukrainian: відгада́ти (vidhadáty) — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Vietnamese: đoán ra — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Vietnamese: nghĩ ra — to solve by a correct conjecture
• Albanian: e zem — to suppose, to imagine
• Belarusian: меркава́ць (mjerkavácʹ) — to suppose, to imagine
• Bhojpuri: ताड़ल (tāṛal) — to suppose, to imagine
• Bulgarian: предпола́гам (predpolágam) — to suppose, to imagine
• Catalan: suposar — to suppose, to imagine
• Czech: předpokládat — to suppose, to imagine
• Finnish: luulla — to suppose, to imagine
• French: supposer — to suppose, to imagine
• French: imaginer — to suppose, to imagine
• Galician: coidar — to suppose, to imagine
• German: denken — to suppose, to imagine
• German: glauben — to suppose, to imagine
• German: vermuten — to suppose, to imagine
• Greek: υποθέτω (ypothéto) — to suppose, to imagine
• Greek: μάλλον (mállon) — to suppose, to imagine
• Ancient Greek: ὑπονοέω (huponoéō) — to suppose, to imagine
• Hindi: अनुमान (anumān) — to suppose, to imagine
• Hungarian: gondol — to suppose, to imagine
• Hungarian: sejt — to suppose, to imagine
• Hungarian: feltesz — to suppose, to imagine
• Hungarian: vél — to suppose, to imagine
• Indonesian: mengira — to suppose, to imagine
• Indonesian: menyangka — to suppose, to imagine
• Italian: supporre — to suppose, to imagine
• Italian: presumere — to suppose, to imagine
• Latin: facio — to suppose, to imagine
• Latin: sumo — to suppose, to imagine
• Latin: fingo — to suppose, to imagine
• Malayalam: ഊഹിക്കുക (ūhikkuka) — to suppose, to imagine
• Norwegian Bokmål: anta — to suppose, to imagine
• Norwegian Bokmål: formode — to suppose, to imagine
• Old English: rǣdan — to suppose, to imagine
• Old English: rǣswan — to suppose, to imagine
• Persian: حدسیدن — to suppose, to imagine
• Polish: przypuszczać — to suppose, to imagine
• Polish: domniemywać — to suppose, to imagine
• Polish: mniemać — to suppose, to imagine
• Portuguese: achar — to suppose, to imagine
• Portuguese: supor — to suppose, to imagine
• Romanian: bănui — to suppose, to imagine
• Romanian: presupune — to suppose, to imagine
• Russian: полага́ть (polagátʹ) — to suppose, to imagine
• Serbo-Croatian: претпо̀стављати — to suppose, to imagine
• Serbo-Croatian: ва̀љда — to suppose, to imagine
• Serbo-Croatian: pretpòstavljati — to suppose, to imagine
• Serbo-Croatian: vàljda — to suppose, to imagine
• Spanish: suponer — to suppose, to imagine
• Spanish: imaginarse — to suppose, to imagine
• Spanish: presumir — to suppose, to imagine
• Swedish: förmoda — to suppose, to imagine
• Swedish: tro — to suppose, to imagine
• Tagalog: siguro — to suppose, to imagine
• Thai: เดา (dao) — to suppose, to imagine
• Turkish: tahmin etmek — to suppose, to imagine
• Ukrainian: припуска́ти (prypuskáty) — to suppose, to imagine
• Vietnamese: chắc rằng — to suppose, to imagine
• Vietnamese: nghĩ — to suppose, to imagine
• Bulgarian: гадая (gadaja) — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Finnish: luulla — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• German: denken — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• German: glauben — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Hungarian: (azt) hisz (i) — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Hungarian: asszem — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Lithuanian: manýti — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Malayalam: ഊഹം (ūhaṁ) — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Persian: گمانیدن — to think, conclude, or decide without a connotation of uncertainty
• Finnish: muistaa — (obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory
• German: sich ins Gedächtnis zurückrufen — (obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory
• German: erinnern — (obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory
• German: vergegenwärtigen — (obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory
• German: rekapitulieren — (obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory