"Spekulation" meaning in German

See Spekulation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-Spekulation.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle High German speculâcie, from Latin speculātio. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|de|gmh|speculâcie|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle High German speculâcie, {{inh+|de|gmh|speculâcie}} Inherited from Middle High German speculâcie, {{der|de|la|speculātio}} Latin speculātio Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Spekulation f (genitive Spekulation, plural Spekulationen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Spekulation [genitive], Spekulationen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Spekulation [nominative, singular], Spekulationen [definite, nominative, plural], Spekulation [genitive, singular], Spekulationen [definite, genitive, plural], Spekulation [dative, singular], Spekulationen [dative, definite, plural], Spekulation [accusative, singular], Spekulationen [accusative, definite, plural], Spekulatius [alternative, humorous]
  1. speculation, venture (risky investment) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Spekulation-de-noun-fM4pK~MO Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -tion, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -tion: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
  2. guesswork, conjecture Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Spekulation-de-noun-lHzT6KQ9 Categories (other): German terms suffixed with -tion, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -tion: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spekulieren, Spekulant, Spekulatius

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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