English-German translations for speculation

• Spekulation die
  Ich habe gegen diesen Spekulationsschutz gestimmt. I voted against this cover for speculation.
  Folglich reden wir hier in der Tat über Spekulation. Consequently, we are indeed talking about speculation.
  Wir müssen dieser tödlichen Spekulation unverzüglich ein Ende bereiten. We must put an immediate end to this lethal speculation.
• Erwartung die
• Vermutung die
  Das ist eine reine Vermutung, für die nichts spricht — in einem Fall geht es um Verfahrensrecht, im anderen Fall um materielles Recht. It is pure speculation for which there is no evidence – one of those matters comes under procedural law, and one under substantive law.

Definition of speculation

• The process of thinking or meditating on a subject
• The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed
• An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return
• Examination by the eye; view
• A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes

Related words

• speculative
• speculating
• speculatively
• speculativeness
• antispeculation
• speculative fiction
• speculative application
• speculative grade