folgern

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔlɡɐn/
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Verb

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folgern (weak, third-person singular present folgert, past tense folgerte, past participle gefolgert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to conclude, to deduce, to infer [with aus (+ dative) ‘from evidence, etc.’, along with accusative ‘a conclusion’ or dass (+ clause) ‘that ...’]
    Synonym: schließen
    Das Gehirn folgert aus den Meldungen des Nervensystems, dass etwas beschädigt ist.
    The brain infers from messages from the nervous system, that something has been damaged.
  2. (transitive) to conclude (a discussion, etc.)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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