Polyglot Dictionary

widerlegen

/viːdɐˈleːɡn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
widerlegt
past
widerlegte
perfect
hat widerlegt

Meaning

  1. to refute

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Similar words

entkräften

entkräften can mean "to weaken" physically, or, figuratively, "to refute" an argument; widerlegen specifically means "to refute."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

rebatir

rebatir is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to refute."

Spanish

refutar

refutar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to refute."

Portuguese

refutar

refutar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to refute."

Practice

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