spekulieren

Definitions of spekulieren
  1. verb
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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    types:
    entwickeln, hervorbringen
    elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
    type of:
    erwarten, gewärtigen, vorwegnehmen
    regard something as probable or likely
  2. verb
    talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
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    types:
    erahnen, erlauben
    put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
    vorhersehen
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
    ahnen, argwöhnen, vermuten
    imagine to be the case or true or probable
    type of:
    räsonieren, schlussfolgern, schlußfolgern
    think logically
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