zweifeln

See also: Zweifeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zwīvelen, zwīveln, zwībelen, from Old High German zwīfalen, zwīfalōn, equivalent to Zweifel +‎ -en.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtsvaɪ̯fəln/, [ˈt͡sʋaɪ̯.fl̩n], [-fəln]
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Verb

zweifeln (weak, third-person singular present zweifelt, past tense zweifelte, past participle gezweifelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to doubt, to be doubtful [+ an (object) = of]
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 136:
      Er ist der berühmte Arzt, niemand wird an der Richtigkeit seiner Diagnose zweifeln.
      He is the famous doctor, nobody will be doubtful about the correctness of his diagnosis.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “zweifeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zweifeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “zweifeln” in Duden online
  • “zweifeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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