zweifeln
to doubt
English translations
- 01
doubt
- 02
question
- 03
distrust
Word details
- German meaning
- Unsicher sein oder Bedenken haben; nicht glauben.
- English meaning
- To doubt
- Synonym
- bezweifeln, anzweifeln
- German example
- Ich zweifle an seiner Geschichte.
- English example
- I doubt his story.
- Auxiliary Verb
- haben
- Present
- ich zweifle du zweifelst er/sie/es ich zweifelt wir zweifeln ihr zweifelet sie zweifeln
- Past Participle
- ich habe gezweifelt du hast gezweifelt er/sie/es hat gezweifelt wir haben gezweifelt ihr habt gezweifelt sie haben gezweifelt
- Past
- ich zweifelte du zweifeltest er/sie/es zweifelte wir zweifelten ihr zweifeltet sie zweifelten
Related words
- verzweifeln
To despair
- anzweifeln
To doubt, to question
- bezweifeln
To doubt
- in Frage stellen
To question means to doubt something or to doubt the validity of something.
- infrage stellen
To question, to doubt
- in Zweifel ziehen
to doubt
- mißtrauen
To distrust, to lack confidence in someone or something.
- agnostisch
agnostic
- ungläubig
Incredulous
- abgeklärt
Serene means calm, composed, and free from inner conflicts or doubts.
- kleingläubig
Little faith, doubting
- Unsicherheit
uncertainty
- Bezweiflung
Doubt
- misstrauen
To distrust means to have no confidence in someone or something.
- zagen
To hesitate means to be unsure or afraid, so that you do not do something or do not dare.
- widerlegen
to refute
- anfechten
Contest
- fragend
Questioning means that someone is asking a question or is uncertain and looking for an answer.
- Anzweiflung
Doubt
- Infragestellen
to question, to challenge, to doubt
- Anzweifelung
Doubting
- Infragestellung
Questioning means to doubt something, to challenge it, or to question its validity.
- Bezweifelung
Doubting means questioning or casting doubt on something, often a statement or claim.
- skeptisch
skeptical
- hinterfragen
to question, to scrutinize
- Selbstzweifel
Self-doubt
- unsicher
uncertain
- verzagen
To despair, to lose heart
Example sentences with “zweifeln”
Ich zweifle an seiner Ehrlichkeit. (I doubt his honesty.)
Frequently asked questions
What preposition goes with it?
It is used with 'an' (zweifeln an + Dative).