rätseln

See also: Rätseln

German

Etymology

Rätsel + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁɛːt͡sl̩n/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʁeːt͡sl̩n/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
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  • Hyphenation: rät‧seln

Verb

rätseln (weak, third-person singular present rätselt, past tense rätselte, past participle gerätselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to puzzle over
    • 2012 April 16, Die Welt, archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:
      Seit über 150 Jahren rätseln Ornithologen darüber, wieso Brieftauben immer so zielsicher ihren Weg nach Hause finden.
      For more than 150 years, ornithologists have been puzzling over why carrier pigeons always find their way home so unerringly.

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Further reading

  • rätseln” in Duden online
  • rätseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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