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abschätzen

to estimate; to gauge; to assess roughly

verb AP-shaet-tsen Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Usage Note

abschätzen is separable: ich schätze ab. It refers to making a rough mental estimate or judgment: Risiken abschätzen (to gauge risks), die Lage abschätzen (to size up the situation). Less precise than berechnen, more analytical than schätzen.

Examples

"Es ist schwer, die langfristigen Folgen dieser Entscheidung abzuschätzen."

Natural Translation

It is difficult to estimate the long-term consequences of this decision.

Literal Translation

It is hard, the long-term consequences of this decision to estimate.

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