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gjette

verbverb

to guess · to work out, to figure out

EtymologyOpphav

av eldre dansk gæde; samme opprinnelse som norrønt geta from older Danish gæde; same origin as Old Norse geta

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

tenke seg til;
anta, tippe
to work out for oneself;
to suppose, to guess
  • gjette gåter to solve riddles
  • gjett hvem jeg traff i dag! guess who I met today!
  • du gjetter det aldri you'll never guess
  • jeg gjettet meg til det I worked it out for myself
  • gjette riktig to guess correctly
  • gjett om jeg ble glad! you can imagine how happy I was!