vermuten

vt/i (annehmen) assume; (erwarten) expect; (argwöhnen) suspect; ich vermute (nehme an) auch I imagine; stark: I rather (Am. I would) think; ich vermute ja I imagine (oder expect) so, I would think so; das habe ich schon vermutet I had an idea that would happen (oder be the case etc.); es ist oder steht zu vermuten, dass ... we may assume that ...; ... lässt vermuten, dass ... ... leads us etc. to assume that ...; wie es dazu kam, lässt sich nur vermuten one can only imagine how it happened; es wird Brandstiftung vermutet arson is suspected; die Polizei vermutet ihn im Ausland the police suspect him to be abroad; dort hatte ihn niemand vermutet no one had expected him to be there; das hatten Wissenschaftler bereits vermutet scientists had already suspected that; nichts Böses vermutend, ging ich ... unsuspectingly, I went...

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(erwarten) to expect;

(mutmaßen) to surmise; to suspect; to assume; to conjecture; to reckon; to guess; to suppose; to presume

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ver|mu|ten [fɛɐ'muːtn] ptp vermutet

vt

to suspect

ich vermute es nur — that's only an assumption, I'm only assuming that, that's only what I suspect to be the case

wir haben ihn dort nicht vermutet — we did not expect him to be there

ich hatte dich nicht so früh vermutet — I didn't suspect you would be so early

es ist zu vermúten, dass ... — it may be supposed that ..., we may assume or presume that ...

Wissenschaftler vermúten Leben auf der Venus — scientists suspect that there is life on Venus

die Entwicklung lässt vermúten, dass ... — developments lead one to assume that..., developments give rise to the suspicion or supposition that ...

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(to think probable; to believe or guess: Who do you suppose telephoned today?; `I suppose you'll be going to the meeting?' `Yes, I suppose so / No, I don't suppose so.'; Do you suppose she'll win?; `Surely her statement can't be correct?' `No, I suppose not'.) suppose

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vt

1. (annehmen)

▪ etw [hinter etw dat] \vermuten to suspect sth [[is] behind sth]

▪ \vermuten, [dass] ... to suspect [that] ...

▪ \vermuten lassen, dass ... to give rise to the suspicion [or supposition] that ...

2. (als jds Aufenthalt annehmen)

▪ jdn irgendwo \vermuten to think that sb is [or to suppose sb to be] somewhere

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transitives Verb suspect

das ist zu vermuten — that is what one would suppose or expect; we may assume that

ich vermutete ihn in der Bibliothek — I supposed or presumed he was in the library

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vermuten v/t & v/i (annehmen) assume; (erwarten) expect; (argwöhnen) suspect;

ich vermute (nehme an) auch I imagine; stark: I rather (US I would) think;

ich vermute ja I imagine (oder expect) so, I would think so;

das habe ich schon vermutet I had an idea that would happen (oder be the case etc);

es ist oder

steht zu vermuten, dass … we may assume that …;

… lässt vermuten, dass … … leads us etc to assume that …;

wie es dazu kam, lässt sich nur vermuten one can only imagine how it happened;

es wird Brandstiftung vermutet arson is suspected;

die Polizei vermutet ihn im Ausland the police suspect him to be abroad;

dort hatte ihn niemand vermutet no one had expected him to be there;

das hatten Wissenschaftler bereits vermutet scientists had already suspected that;

nichts Böses vermutend, ging ich … unsuspectingly, I went…

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transitives Verb suspect

das ist zu vermuten — that is what one would suppose or expect; we may assume that

ich vermutete ihn in der Bibliothek — I supposed or presumed he was in the library

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v.

to assume v.

to guess v.

to presume v.

to suppose v.

to surmise v.

to suspect v.