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1 orakelhaft
Adj. oracular* * *oracular* * *ora|kel|haft (liter)1. adjoracular, delphic (liter)2. advambiguously, mysteriouslysich orákelhaft ausdrücken — to talk in riddles
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2 Orakelspruch
m oracle, oracular utterance* * *der Orakelspruchoracle* * *Orakelspruch m oracle, oracular utterance -
3 orakeln
v/i umg. make (mysterious) prophecies; orakeln, dass... prophesy that...; er orakelt gerne he likes to play the oracle* * *ora|keln [o'raːkln] ptp orakeltvi1)(= rätseln)
wir haben lange orakelt, was der Satz bedeuten sollte — we spent a long time trying to figure out what the sentence meant or trying to decipher the sentence2) (über die Zukunft) to prophesy, to prognosticate (hum)* * *ora·keln *[oˈra:kl̩n]vi (geh) to speak in riddles* * *1.transitives Verb2.orakeln, dass... — make mysterious prophecies that...
intransitives Verb make mysterious prophecies* * *orakeln v/i umg make (mysterious) prophecies;orakeln, dass … prophesy that …;er orakelt gerne he likes to play the oracle* * *1.transitives Verb2.orakeln, dass... — make mysterious prophecies that...
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