Vermutungen anstellen

to make conjectures

Türkçe: tahmin yürütmek

Not Vermutungen machen

English says to make, so machen is the verb that comes to mind. German does not take it here. Vermutungen goes with anstellen, and the pairing is fixed — it is not a rule you can work out, only one you can learn.

Noun

Vermutungen f.

Verb

anstellen

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

In a sentence

Die Journalistin stellt Vermutungen über den Rücktritt des Ministers an.

How it is used

Means 'to make conjectures' or 'to speculate,' guessing without full info. Neutral register. Use when discussing possible causes of a problem, e.g., 'Wir stellen nur Vermutungen an, bis wir Fakten haben.' Often in investigative contexts.

Other collocations built on anstellen

• Beobachtungen anstellento make observations
• Berechnungen anstellento perform calculations
• (einen) Blödsinn anstellento do nonsense or fool around
• Mutmaßungen anstellento make assumptions without full facts
• Nachforschungen anstellento carry out research or inquiries
• Recherchen anstellen über+Akk.to conduct research
• Spekulationen anstellento engage in speculation/make conjectures
• Überlegungen anstellento make considerations/deliberate