rechnen.
to count, reckon, calculate, compute
Meaning & usage
to count, reckon, calculate, compute
to count on, expect
Damit haben die Fans nicht gerechnet.
Damit habe ich nicht gerechnet.
to pay off, to be profitable
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German rëchenen, from Old High German rëhhanōn (akin to Old Saxon *rekenen), from Proto-West Germanic *rekanōn. Compare Hunsrik rechne, Low German rekenen, Dutch rekenen and English reckon. Indirectly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-.
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