Hello everyone,
and welcome to our German Word of the Day. And you had better be ready, for the day of reckoning has come.
Dut dut dunnnnn.
Well, okay… actually it’s more the day of “mathening”. Because today, we’ll look at
rechnen
Rechnen is the German brother of to reckon but unlike to reckon, which is mostly used figuratively, rechnen is still about making actual calculations with actual numbers.
Yeah… yawn.
But what’s even more yawn are the countless prefix versions of rechnen like (anrechnen, abrechnen, ausrechnen, vorrechnen,… ) which all give us information about how or why or where or at what temperature Fahrenheit a calculation is being made.
But at least if you’re planning on living in Germany for some time, it’s paramount really good to have a rough idea about the rechnen-family because these words are all over the place and can get confusing. So let’s get bored together…
A quick look at where they come from first: rechnen and to reckon actually come from the jawdroppingly ancient Indo-European root *reg, the same root that right and recht are from. The core idea of the family was simply a straight line, and the original idea of rechnen and reckon was a rather broad sense of setting the record straight.
And at some point this notion of computation came in but English preferred to compute and calculate for the number stuff. No surprise there, because English is HUUGE fan boy of Latin. Yup, calling you out, English. I bet when you were a teenager, you had a room full of posters of Latin. Latin looking pensive, Latin on a Skateboard, Latin shirtless, showing abdominals.
But German, too, is a fan boy – a fan boy of words that sounds like something is stuck in your throat. So it is no surprise that rechnen REALLY took off and became the standard verb for doing calculations – both, in a sense of actually doing math and in a figurative sense of expecting a result based on what you know.
- “Alter, weißt du, was ich mich die ganze Zeit frage… wenn 2 Bier 7 Euro kosten, wie viel kosten dann 5 Bier?”
“Warte mal, das rechne ich im Kopf.” - “Bro, you know what I’m asking myself the whole time… if 2 beers are 7 Euros, how much do 5 beers cost?”
“Hold on, I’ll do that math in my head.” - Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- Ich habe nicht damit gerechnet, dass du so früh kommst.
- I didn’t think you would come this early.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- In Alaskas Wäldern muss man mit Bären rechnen.
- In the forests of Alaska, bears are to be reckoned with/to be expected.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
The last one is probably the closest rechnen and to reckon come. You definitely DON’T use rechnen as that idiomatic “I reckon” that you can find in English (is that an American thing, by the way, or do Brits also reckon stuff)? The best German translation I can think of is annehmen (to suppose).
- You want a beer, I reckon.
- Du willst ein Bier, rechne ich... NOOOOPE
- Du willst ein Bier, nehm ich (mal) an.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
You might also be wondering about the noun reckoning. Well, we’ll see what that is later, but it’s definitely NOT die Rechnung. Rechnung is actually a pretty important word, because not only can be a general calculation, it’s also the German word for an invoice AND for the bill in a restaurant (sounds a bit fancy, so not to be used in a bar).
- Camille fragt Will nach der Rechnung.
- Camille asks Will for the bill.
(couldn’t resist, sorry :)
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- Ich brauche eine Rechnung.
- I need an invoice.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
Oh and while we’re at nouns let’s also mention der Rechner which is the German word for a computer, either desktop or laptop…. NOT tablet.
- “Dürfen wir beim TestDaF einen Taschenrechner benutzen?”
“Ja, klar.” - “Are we allowed to use a pocket calculator during TestDaF exam?”
“Of course.” - Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- Es ist schwer, am Rechner zu sitzen, wenn draußen die Sonne scheint.
- It is hard to sit at the computer if the sun is shining outside.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
Cool.
So this was the first impression of rechnen versions and what exactly they mean.
Yeay!
Are you pumped?!
I can’t hear you! ARE YOU PU… okay, whatever. Let’s just get it over with.
ausrechnen, errechnen and berechnen
The first two, ausrechnen and errechnen are basically cousins in that both prefixes shift the focus to the result of the calculation. The difference is pretty much only tone. Er- often has an epic vibe to it, and so er- verbs tend to not be used for mundane, everyday stuff.
- Wir müssen ausrechnen, wer wie viel für die Party zahlen muss.
- We have to calculate who has to pay how much for the party.
- Wissenschaftler haben errechnet, dass in 20 Jahren mehr Einhörner als Menschen auf dem Mond leben werden.
- The scientists have calculated (lit.: “found through calculating“) that in 2067 more unicorns living on the moon than people.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
Neither of the two verbs has a noun, but the the ge-form of ausrechnen, ausgerechnet, is also used as a stand alone expressing the idea of “out of all things/options it HAD to be this one?!“, usually in contexts where you complain.
- Warum musst du ausgerechnet dann eine Dinner-Party machen, wenn ich Fastenwoche mache?
- Why do you have to to a dinner party exactly when I am fasting for a week?
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- “Wir müssen reden.”
“Oh, warum ausgerechnet jetzt?”
“Weil wir gerade einen TedTalk geben, du Idiot.” - “We have to talk.”
“Oh, why now of all times?”
“Because we’re giving a TedTalk, you idiot.” - Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
The third one, berechnen is also more result focused than just rechnen. But it sounds more technical and computational.
- Der Mathematiker berechnet die Flugbahn des Kometen.
- The mathematician calculates the trajectory of the comet.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
But it’s not limited to heavy number crunching. And the adjective berechnend is actually a negative word for a person who is calculating in the sense of they’re not really being authentic but have a hidden agenda.
- Thomas kann sehr berechnend sein.
- Thomas can be very calculating.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
Cool.
Next up, we have abrechnen.
abrechnen
This one might be the most important one of all of them.
Just like the ones we’ve seen so far, abrechnen is focused on the end of the calculating, but the focus is a little different: it’s the idea of closure. Kind of like abschließen (to lock).
You usually find abrechnen in contexts where there some sort of debt to settle; two contexts in particular: payback in the sense of revenge. And paying in the sense of paying a salary (thus settling the debt for the work). That’s why at the end of a month, as an employee you get a Abrechnung.
- Die Spesen werden separat abgerechnet.
- The expenses are billed separately.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- In seiner Autobiografie rechnet der Schauspieler mit Hollywood ab.
- In his autobiography, the actor settles a score with Hollywood (in the sense of saying bad things).
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
- Ich habe meine Monatsabrechnung für Mai noch nicht.
- I don’t have my monthly earnings statement for May yet.
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- Heute ist Tag der Abrechnung.
- Today is the day of reckoning.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
Oh and since quite a few of you are students…. if you’re working in a bar or restaurant, counting your wallet at the end of a shift is also called abrechnen or Abrechnung machen.
- Der Kellner macht seine Abrechnung.
- The waiter is doing his billing.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
Cool.
Moving on to the next group which could be called transformational rechnen.
transformational rechnen
Sounds kind of cool. Like… finding your life purpose or something. But it’s not as epic. It’s just a bunch of verbs that talk about how you transform something by doing math.
The most important verb is umrechnen which is German for to convert. In the context of numbers, not in context of God.
- Gibt es einen Trick, wie man Ounces in Liter umrechnet?
- Is there a hack how to convert ounces to liters?
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
The other ones are more or less self explanatory… reinrechnen means to include something into an actual equation, rausrechnen means to remove something through by making calculations, kleinrechnen means to make small through calculations and schönrechnen means to make pretty through calculations.
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“Emanuel, can you PLEASE continue with the article.”
Oh… uh… sorry… do you want examples for these verbs?
“No, we’re good. Are there anymore prefix verbs for rechnen we should know?”
Gee… why you in such a hurry? Learning German isn’t a race. It’s more like a life time companion.
Seriously though, the last one we really do need to mention is verrechnen.
(sich) verrechnen
Ver- lends its idea of wrong to the rechnen, so sich verrechnen means to miscalculate. And as so often with meanings that are based on the wrong-ver, you do need the self reference there
- Der Kellner hat sich dreimal verrechnet.
- The waiter miscalculated three times.
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- Wenn du gedacht hast, dass ich deinen dreckigen Topf abwasche, dann hast du dich verrechnet.
- If you thought I was going to clean your dirty pot you “miscalculated” /were wrong.
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
But if you’ve read my article on ver- , you’ll know that ver- has four notions to offer. So it is no surprise that verrechnen has a second meaning. It can also express the somewhat hard to describe idea of making something go away by doing calculations. Usually, it is used if two parties owe each other amounts of money and instead of paying back and forth, you calculate them together.
- Der Mietpreis für das Auto wird mit der Kaution verrechnet.
- The cost for the rent of the car gets subtracted from the deposit.
(the idea is mingling the sums together in some way, can mean subtracted or added)
- Practice pronunciation – click once to start recording and again to stop
But yeah… actually it’s not that important. Just keep it somewhere in the back of your head that verrechnen is ALWAYS about miscalculating.
Cool, and that’s it for today, I think.
This was our look at the various versions of rechnen. Once again, my lovely unpaid assistant made a great little quiz so you can check if you remember the important points. And as always, if you have any questions or suggestions just leave me a comment.
I hope you liked it and see you next time.
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** vocab **
rechnen – calculate
mit etwas rechnen – expect something/have something in the equation
die Rechnung – the invoice, the bill, the calculation
der Rechner – the computer (laptop, desktop)
ausrechnen – calculate (focus on result)
ausgerechnet – common way for the idea of “of all things” in negative contexts
errechnen – calculate (focus on result, epic)
abrechnen – to calculate, to settle a score
die Abrechnung – the closing statement, the reckoning
berechnen – calculate
berechnend – calculating (for people who have “plans”)
umrechnen – to convert (numbers)
schönrechnen – make pretty by making calculations
sich verrechnen – miscalulate
etwas mit etwas verrechnen – weird calculation stuff
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The scientists have calculated (lit.: “found through calculating“) that in 2067 more unicorns living on the moon than people.
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The scientists have calculated that in 2067 more unicorns will live on the moon than people.
oder noch besser finde ich…
The scientists have calculated that in 2067 more unicorns than people will live on the moon.
Danke!! Just out of curiosity… what about “will be living”? Is that correct as well, and if so, is there are difference to “will live”?
Danke schon :)
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Is annehmen similar to davon auszugehen? So far I would’ve said, ich gehe davon aus, dass du ein Bier trinken willst. Is that incorrect?
Beste Grüße
Yeah, that’s correct, too. If we wanted to we could say that “annehmen” is more about what you think while “ausgehen von” has a bit of an active notion, like, it implies action (which is based on your assumption). But that is VERY VERY VERY subtle, if it exists at all. Maybe I am just imagining things.
Hiya,
Only one little typo “We have calculate who has to pay how much for the party” (you forgot the “to” in “to calculate”). Oh, and lifetime is just the one word.
We do reckon in Britain as well… or maybe we started reckoning after watching lots of American TV…
Thank you again to your lovely unpaid assistant, I’ve just found out she’s also added quizzes to some of the old articles, like the ones in the online course series :)))) That is soooo useful, particularly in suuch an important series!! (BTW, I’ve dropped you an e-mail about one of these quizzes because there’s a question that’s doing my head in (BE for getting really stressed and confused) and will probably trigger an existential crisis if not answered! Could you plz read it, when you have some spare time? That would be greatly appreciated!)
And I can’t believe people in your FB group didn’t want articles on relative pronouns, I’m not on FB, so I can’t join your group, but I do want that series really bad, I reckon it would be really useful ;)
Bis bald!
Only one typo?!?! Wow, I am so proud.
And yes, we’ll be adding quizzes left and right, wherever you least expect it. I’ll check your email tomorrow, but if it is a language related question I’d actually ask you to post it on the blog. Because I’m almost sure, you’re not the only person to have that question.
As for the relative pronouns… “rechnen” had a clear edge, so I deleted the relative pronoun article. I mean… gotta have some stakes, right :)?
Nah, kidding. The article will come out next week probably. It’s actually more background and English than about German though XD. German relative pronouns are really boring.
So, how do you ask for your bill at the bar, if not “die Rechnung, bitte”?
I’m from the southern US and “reckon” is quite common, especially in rural areas.
“You reckon he gon’ meet us at the Waffle House?”
“I reckon I’ll go to Wal-Mart this afternoon.”
(The more I type or say “reckon” the more absurd it seems.}
The common thing to say is “Kann ich zahlen”. You can say “die Rechnung”, it will be understood. It just sounds a bit old school, stilted or stuck up, depending on how you say it.
Get zounge tied when you do German speak?
If this are you, might be then best, einfach I reckon,
Just with hand 2 fingers laut to do schnappen,
um das Fräulein to you also beckon!
Oder on the beerglas mit spoon to it knocken.
Danke, please pretty, Herr Ober zwei times for me again more Osterbocken.
Yes, I reckon ya’ll may say that might seem rude and absurd.
But, with one single gesture you quickly will learn the most latest no-go words!!
And don’t leave a tip on the table, give it at cash out time directly to the server who takes your dough.
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Thema : (mit vielem Dank an Kayla-P – von ihr begeistert kam diese Idee)
Die 12 Jünger mit Ehrgeiz und Hunger!
oder – Der Gastmahlhall Putsch!
Zuerst Anhang Intro
Vo-cabo und carbo :
Ich bin so satt i mag kein Blatt! von ”Tischlein deck dich!”
das Beißl – greasy spoon, a Dew Drop Inn – cheap diner (umgs. aust.}
der Steckerlfisch – grilled fish on a skewer
die Sperrstunde – closing time
der Gockel – rooster
das Gesäß – hiney-booty
die Jünger – the fab 12 Hipsters und Merry Tricksters aka The Twelve disciples
janz – ganz -Berliner umgs.
die Zeche – the max party down HARDY party!
Eines Abends einmal
gemeinsam saß,
im Wirtshaus zum Himmelreich,
Ein Verein von 13 Hipsters am langen Tisch,
und ohne weiters sich Blatt-satt fraß,
mit Weißwein, Brot und Steckerlfisch,
heute abend frischgefangen aus dem Teich!
Ein altes Beißl , die Möbel schlicht.
Nur, ohne Sandalen darf man hier, betreten nicht!
Der Stuhl janz jemütlich dem Gesäß.
Auf die Pizza Hawaii,kommt kein’ Ananas!
Ein Festmahlabend die Stimmung zuerst herrlich,
Leider 2 Hipsters, Typs nicht janz ehrlich!
Hipster J…. und Hipster P… beide taten schon was Böses
hinterhältig, sogar,- mit Absicht
und lassen ihren Hipstermeister-lehrer,
total verraten und ausgerechnet komplett im Stich!
Frau Wirtin kommt und will bald nach Haus.
“Ist gleich Sperrstunde – bitte, kassieren wir nun aus!”
Der Hipsterleiter von der Zeche janz alleine fort geht,
ohne die Gang und ohne Gesang.
Weit aus der ferne, der Unglücks Gockel shrill kräht.
Und H. Leiter-Lehrer muß bald weiter leider,
bei uns und für uns – ALLEN,
die ”Sünd” teuere Rechnung,
von unserer Lebenszeche
ganz alleine selbst bezahlen !
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Also, alle brave Sprachkinder!
und Deutsch-Denglish-Dichters und Denkers!
Das daoben war’s janz traurig nicht?
Bei mir ist aber die Narrenzeit nie vorbei!
Have you got the weekend –
“No Manny Manny, No new Manny Manny, newsletter Manny blues”?
Mit null und eines werden wir die Stimmung schönrechnen schnell hoch!
The Pop Tops 1971 O Mammy Blues
Mit Google zu finden.
Und unten :
Geh’ ma ‘schwind au ins Himmel Beißl!
So liebe Kinder
Seid Bereit!
Unten ihre Hausarbeit!
Einfach die Sendung 3o min. zugucken.
Und wenn’s sie wollen ein Gläsl dabei runter schlucken!
Meine Damen und Herrn und brave Kinder,
Ich bitte sie um Ihre Aufmerksamkeit!
Hier sofort: Die Hipster- Meister und Trickster!!!
Mit Narren Kostüme und Karneval Gesichter!
TV Gestaltung von Leo d’Vee.
Der ruhmreicher Mahler mit Freundin Lisa-Moni,
die zwei auch oft in Taverna beim kühlen Bier und Schinken-roni!
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“Einhorn Abdeckerei”… hahahahahaha XD
Perfect und auch sehr brauchbar wie immer! Vielen Dank.
Gerne :)
Noch wieder ein toller Artikel, Danke! Zu der “-rechnen”-Familie hätte ich nur eine Frage: Ich habe auch ab und zu “hochrechnen” bzw. “Hochrechnung” gehört, und ich nehme es an, als “back-of-the-envelope calculation”.
Ich weiß aber nicht, wie oft dies eigentlich verwendet wird, denn die Deutschen sind für ihre Genauigkeit berühmt ;-) Ist es etwas, dass man normalerweise sagt, oder klingt es eher abwertend (etwa zweitklassige Berechnung)?
Gute Frage!!
Ja, du hast Recht. Hochrechnen is so was wie “extrapolate”… also du hast ein kleines Sample und guckst, dann wie das Endergebnis wäre, wenn das Sample repräsentativ wäre.
Der wichtigste Kontext sind Wahlen.
Relativ kurz nachdem die Wahl beendet ist, gibt es eine “Hochrechnung”.
Da sind vielleicht 5% der Stimmen gezählt, aber damit und mit Erfahrungen, die man hat, errechnet man ein Endergebnis.
Die Hochrechnungen sind meistens ziemlich genau :)
“I reckon” shows up on both sides of the Atlantic. It’d definitely sound Southern and/or rural in the U.S.; I have the vague sense that it would sound rural in the U.K. too, but I’ll defer to the Brits to weigh in on that.
For the sake of completeness, “convert” in the religious sense would be “bekehren.”
Interesting that you consider any actual computer, desktop or laptop, to be a “Rechner.” I’ve definitely had at least one conversation with a native speaker – might have been a German tutor – who thought that “Rechner” really only worked for a desktop and that you’d want to use “der Computer” for a laptop.
I can think of all sorts of uses for “reckon” but because it has a sense of rough and ready estimation, or plain gut instinct, it is probably more for pub talk than boardroom talk. It also depends on which proposition (or none) you use it with. “Reckon with” is a way more respectable phrasing than “reckon on” or just plain “reckon”. I remember the word being used commonly by teenagers (and pronounced “reck-ON” or “chinny reckon” while stroking one’s chin) as a way of saying “you are lying”.
PrEposition…
“Reckon with” definitely isn’t colloquial. To me, it sounds a bit more serious/less everyday than “mit etw. rechnen,” on the level of “take into account.”
Yeah, “mit etwas rechnen” is pretty much every day material.
Hahaha… chinny reckon… nice!! Is that still in use by the youth?
Well our kids don’t say it so I’m guessing it’s passed into history. Latest posting of a definition on Urban Dictionary was 2007:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chinny+reckon
RIP chinny reckon.
Hmm… maybe from a more technical point of view, that might be right. But I’m fairly certain people would say “Ich war den ganzen Tag vorm Rechner” even if it was a laptop. But they wouldn’t say that for a tablet.
But yeah, I guess the first thing that comes to mind for “Rechner” is a desktop computer.
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Ha! I did this as an exercise recently with example sentences.
abrechnen
Der Kellner wollte die Kasse abrechnen und nach Hause gehen, aber ein lästiger Kunde hielt ihn auf. Der Kunde wollte mit dem Restaurant abrechnen, aber er wollte nicht alles bezahlen. Er meinte, der Wein hatte ihm nicht geschmeckt – obwohl er die ganze Flasche leergetrunken hatte – und er bestand darauf, dass der Wein von dem Preis abgerechnet wurde. Der Kellner war so wütend, er plante, das nächste Mal mit diesem nervenden Typ abzurechnen, indem er in seine Speise spucken würde.
anrechnen
Ich rechne dem Autohändler als ein sympathischer Mensch an. Er hat mir die neuen Riefen nicht angerechnet und er hat mir das alte Auto mit 500 Euro angerechnet.
aufrechnen
Man kann die Kriegsverbrechen der einen Seite nicht gegen die der anderen aufrechnen.
ausrechnen
Billy hatte sich einen ganz entspannenden Tag ausgerechnet. Das Wetter war prima und er wollte angeln gehen. Jedoch hat sein Mathelehrer ausgerechnet heute eine riesige Menge Hausaufgaben gegeben. Anstatt angeln, musste er hunderte Gleichungen ausrechnen. Für seinen Physiklehrer musste er Trajektorien in Gravitationsfelder ausrechnen.
durchrechnen
Zum Glück rechnete der Ingenieur die Trajektorie der Rakete noch einmal durch und fand den fatalen Fehler rechtzeitig.
einrechnen
Die Autofahrt hat länger gedauert als wir gedacht hatten, weil wir die Pinkelpausen nicht eingerechnet hatten.
errechnen
Leutnant Sulu hat den Kurs nach Vega 5 errechnet, aber es kam anders als er sich errechnet hatte. Unterwegs fand er heraus, dass Tetryon-Teilchen sich im Orionnebel befanden, deren Auswirkung auf die Enterprise sich nur aus vulkanischem Kalkül errechnet.
hochrechnen
Wenn ich meine bisherigen Geldausgaben hochrechne, bin ich am Ende des Monats pleite.
mitrechnen
Mein Kollege hat den Wert mit mir mitgerechnet und wir haben unterschiedliche Ergebnisse bekommen. Grund dafür war, ich habe die Jacobi-Determinante nicht mitgerechnet.
nachrechnen
Ich weiß nicht, ob ich mir das leisten kann. Ich muss mal nachrechnen.
verrechnen
Ich dachte, dass ich gut mit Geld umgehen kann, aber darin habe mich verrechnet. Ich wollte mein Guthaben ausrechnen, aber ich habe nur das Haben addiert und vergessen, das Soll mit zu verrechnen. Deshalb habe ich mich um 2.000 Euro verrechnet. Wenn mein Scheck verrechnet wird, wird mein Konto um 300 Euro überzogen werden.
Those were great!
Wow, did you make all these by yourself, just for practice??!!??!!
If so, that is sooooooo motivated, Jesus Christ.
Now for corrections:
– abrechnen
“mit dem Restaurant abrechnen”… this ONLY means the revenge-kind, not closing the tab.
I would use “abziehen” for the subtraction, simply because “abrechnen” has enough meaning already, but it might be regionally accepted
– anrechnen
“Ich rechne dem Autohändler als ein sympathischer Mensch an”
That does not work. I guess I know what you’re trying to convey, but I have no idea what you were actually trying to say (like… in English).
For the “Reifen”, people would use “berechnen”…
– Er hat mir die Reifen nicht berechnet.
– He didn’t charge me the tires.
Doesn’t really fit in with my explanations, but that’s just what’s idiomatic.
– aufrechnen
Perfect!
– ausrechnen
“Billy hatte sich einen ganz entspannenden Tag ausgerechnet.”
This is on the fringe. I would not say it and it stands out to me as not very idiomatic, but it’s not technically wrong. For trajectories, I would also use “berechnen” rather than “ausrechnen”, also because a trajectory is not one number.
Great use of “ausgerechnet” though!!
– durchrechnen
perfect!
– einrechnen
Perfect.
– errechnen
The first two would sound better with “berechnen”. The last one is fine.
– hochrechnen
Perfect! You can skip “Geld”. “Ausgaben” is generally understood in a financial sense.
– mitrechnen
Mitrechnen in the sense of calculating alongside someone else calculating is more of a process, so you can’t use it for one value. The second use is fine, though.
– nachrechnen
Perfect!
– verrechnen
I’m not sure, if “verrechnen” is the proper term for what is done with a Scheck, but overall this was pretty good!
Now the question… how long did it take you to make these? And how many dictionaries did you consult?
aber es kam anders als er sich errechnet hatte – why is the reflexive pronoun used here – why not, aber es kam anders alks er errechnet hatte??
Niamh
Neither one is idiomatic, actually. With a reflexive, it sounds like a variation of “sich ausrechnen” which can indeed express the idea of making plans.
Without the self reference, both verbs sound like actual calculation or computation.
Thanks for this,.
Ausgezeichnet wie immer. Herlichen dank . Ich habe 3 Fehler gemecht. Die verben verrechnen und errechnen sind verwirend.
Ich habe auch das verb Zurechnen im Sinne von Zuordnen oder klassifizieren gesehen.
Ja, ich habe nicht alle Versionen erwähnt, sondern nur die, die ich wichtig finde. “zurechnen” gibt’s aber man sieht es nicht so oft.
Vielleicht außer das Adjektiv “(un)zurechnungsfähig” which is about someone being in a state of mind where they are responsible and in charge of their actions… ops, aus Versehen zu Englisch gewechselt :)
Reckon seems more regional here. Mostly southern. “I reckon you’re not from these parts.” Otherwise the verb, interestingly enough given that we calculate with figures, would often be “to figure.” “I figure you’re not from this area.”
Similarly ausrechnen is like “to figure out”. We have to “figure out” who has to pay how much for the party.
Oh… I think I have to do a big warning here.
“to figure out” is NOT going to translate to “ausrechnen” in like 90 percent of the cases.
I’m not saying this because you’re observations are wrong or anything. But learners have the tendency to cling to translations too quickly like “Oh so ausrechnen is ti figure”. I felt like this might happen to some who read your comment, so I wanted to shoot that generalization down right away :).
I don’t feel like there’s any normal phrase or expression for “figure out” (when it’s not “ausrechnen”), at least not one that I really hear. I get the feeling Germans don’t really bother with figuring things out – either they know or they don’t.
Hahahaha…. well, what about “rauskriegen” and “rausfinden”. Not a perfect match though.
sich schlau machen —
Der Berlingrabers hat recht, meiner Meinung nach.
Entweder weiß meistens ein Deutschsprachler etwas 100% oder gar nichts.
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Ist das wirklich so? Das mit Helmut?