English-Danish translations for rule of thumb

• tommelfingerregel
  Det er en tommelfingerregel for al ny teknologi. This is the rule of thumb for all new technology.
  Det virker, som om der er en tommelfingerregel herom. It appears that there is a rule of thumb for this purpose.
  Som en tommelfingerregel kan vi gå ud fra, at jo mindre virksomheden er, jo større er den relative byrde af administrationsomkostninger. As a rule of thumb we can assume that the smaller the enterprise, the heavier the relative burden of administrative costs.

Definition of rule of thumb

• A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge
• Approximated, guesstimated

Examples

• The usual rule of thumb says that to calculate when an investment will double, divide 70 by the interest rate.
• I made a quick, rule-of-thumb estimate of the manhours required for the job.

Related words

• rule of the road
• rule of the law
• rule of three
• rules of the road
• rules of the game
• to rule something off