vermuten
German, verb
vermuten is spelled V-E-R-M-U-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,262nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vermuten is a German verb meaning “to assume, suppose, presume, suspect, (US) guess” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Vermuten is a different word: “gerund of vermuten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas für glaubhaft oder wahrscheinlich halten”.
What does vermuten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to assume, suppose, presume, suspect, (US) guess
Die Polizei vermutet, dass es einen Zusammenhang zwischen den beiden Verbrechen gibt.
- 2
to suppose someone to be
noun
- 1
neutergerund of vermuten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas für glaubhaft oder wahrscheinlich halten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vermuten
- vermutet present singular third-person
- vermutete past
- haben auxiliary
- vermutend participle present
- vermute first-person indicative present
- vermutest indicative present second-person
- vermuteten first-person indicative plural
- vermutetest indicative preterite second-person
- vermutetet indicative plural preterite
- vermut imperative second-person singular
- habe vermutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben vermutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- vermut! imperative singular
- vermute! imperative singular
- vermutet! imperative plural
- vermutet haben active infinitive perfect
- vermutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- vermutet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vermuten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vermuten in German?
vermuten appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).