Verb

hoch|rechnen

Translation

to extrapolate, to project, to scale up

Wir können die Ergebnisse auf die Gesamtbevölkerung hochrechnen.

We can extrapolate the results to the entire population.

Kannst du die Kosten für das ganze Jahr hochrechnen?

Can you project the costs for the whole year?

((et4)) hochrechnen to project sth. We need to project the numbers.

((et4)) ((auf+4)) hochrechnen to extrapolate sth. to sth. One extrapolates the result to the total amount.

Synonyms: extrapolieren (to extrapolate), projizieren (to project), schätzen (to estimate)

From 'hoch' (high) and 'rechnen' (to calculate). It literally means 'to calculate up' or 'to calculate high'.

Imagine taking a small sample of data and 'calculating it high' to get the total figure, like projecting election results.