Allgemeinwissen hilft bei jedem Rateversuch.

Because German very often forms compound nouns by joining words together.

• allgemein = general
• Wissen = knowledge

So Allgemeinwissen literally means general knowledge.

This is completely normal in German. English often writes similar ideas as two words, but German usually combines them into one noun.

Here, Allgemeinwissen is being used in a general, abstract sense, like Knowledge helps or General knowledge helps in English.

German often leaves out the article with:

• abstract nouns
• uncountable nouns
• general statements

So Allgemeinwissen hilft ... means General knowledge helps ..., not The general knowledge helps ...

Because the subject, Allgemeinwissen, is singular.

The verb helfen is the infinitive. In the present tense:

• ich helfe
• du hilfst
• er/sie/es hilft
• wir helfen
• ihr helft
• sie/Sie helfen

Since Allgemeinwissen is a singular noun, German uses hilft.

In this sentence, bei means something like:

• in
• during
• for
• when it comes to

So bei jedem Rateversuch means with every attempt to guess or in every guessing attempt.

It does not literally mean physical location here. German bei is often used in broader ways than English by.

Because bei always takes the dative case.

The noun Rateversuch is masculine (der Rateversuch), so after bei, it becomes dative masculine:

• nominative: jeder Rateversuch
• accusative: jeden Rateversuch
• dative: jedem Rateversuch

That is why the sentence says bei jedem Rateversuch.

jedem is a form of jeder, which means every or each.

Here it is:

• dative
• masculine
• singular

because it describes Rateversuch, which is masculine singular, and it comes after bei.

So:

• jeder = every/each
• jedem = to/with/in every each one, depending on the preposition and context

Rateversuch is another compound noun:

• raten = to guess
• der Versuch = attempt, try

So der Rateversuch means attempt to guess or guessing attempt.

It is not one of the most basic everyday words, but it is perfectly understandable and logical German.

Because German uses jeder/jedem/jeden + singular noun just like English uses every + singular noun.

Compare:

• every attempt
• jeder Versuch
• bei jedem Rateversuch

Even though the meaning refers to repeated situations, the noun stays singular after every/each.

Yes. helfen bei + dative is a very common structure.

It means to help with something.

Examples:

• Das hilft bei der Arbeit. = That helps with the work.
• Musik hilft bei Stress. = Music helps with stress.
• Allgemeinwissen hilft bei jedem Rateversuch. = General knowledge helps with every guessing attempt.

So this sentence follows a very normal German pattern.

Yes. German word order is flexible as long as the conjugated verb stays in second position in a main clause.

For example, you could also say:

Bei jedem Rateversuch hilft Allgemeinwissen.

That version puts more emphasis on bei jedem Rateversuch.

Both are correct:

• Allgemeinwissen hilft bei jedem Rateversuch.
• Bei jedem Rateversuch hilft Allgemeinwissen.

Yes, but the nuance is slightly different.

• Allgemeinwissen is the standard noun for general knowledge
• allgemeines Wissen literally means general knowledge too, but sounds more descriptive and less like the fixed term

In most contexts, Allgemeinwissen is the more natural choice when you mean the kind of broad knowledge people have about the world.

• das Allgemeinwissen → neuter
• der Rateversuch → masculine

That matters because:

• the verb agrees with the singular subject Allgemeinwissen
• jedem matches masculine dative Rateversuch

So the grammar of the sentence depends partly on those noun genders.