Vocabulary
beteuern
· verb
to insist, to assure (solemnly), to protest (one's innocence)
Insisting earnestly that something is true, usually followed by reported speech: Er beteuerte, er habe nichts gewusst.
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- ich
- beteuere
- du
- beteuerst
- er/sie/es
- beteuert
- wir
- beteuern
- ihr
- beteuert
- sie/Sie
- beteuern
Perfekt hat beteuertPräteritum beteuerte
One word, many lives
Tap a meaning. Real German isn't a dictionary translation.
beteuern
to insist, to assure (solemnly), to protest (one's innocence)
Nabil nickte und beteuerte, ohne sie hätte er die Prüfung für die Anerkennung seines Diploms nie bestanden.
Nabil nodded and insisted that without her he would never have passed the exam to have his degree recognised.
Word family
beteuerndie Beteuerungassurance, protestationteuerexpensive; (old, elevated) dear — beteuern is built on it
Common combinations
- seine Unschuld beteuernto protest one's innocence
- immer wieder beteuernto insist again and again
Real examples
- Nabil nickte und beteuerte, ohne sie hätte er die Prüfung für die Anerkennung seines Diploms nie bestanden.Nabil nodded and insisted that without her he would never have passed the exam to have his degree recognised.
- Der Angeklagte beteuert bis heute seine Unschuld.To this day the defendant protests his innocence.
