Wir raten leise.

we

Breakdown of Wir raten leise.

• leise: quietly
• raten: to guess

Questions & Answers about Wir raten leise.

Why is raten used with wir? Shouldn’t it be a different form?

With wir (we), the present-tense verb form is often the same as the infinitive in German.

For raten:

• ich rate
• du rätst
• er/sie/es rät
• wir raten
• ihr ratet
• sie/Sie raten

So Wir raten is the correct form for we guess / we advise, depending on the meaning already given to you.

What does wir mean here, and what case is it in?

Wir means we.

It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the people doing the action.

So in Wir raten leise:

• wir = the subject
• raten = the verb
• leise = describes how the action happens

What kind of word is leise in this sentence?