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Detailed Translations for refute from English to German

refute:

to refute verb (refutes, refuted, refuting)

  1. to refute (object; protest; remonstrate; rebut; deny)
    protestieren; widersprechen; bestreiten
    • protestieren verb (protestiere, protestierst, protestiert, protestierte, protestiertet, protestiert)
    • widersprechen verb (widerspreche, widersprichst, widerspricht, widersprach, widerspracht, widersprochen)
    • bestreiten verb (bestreite, bestreitest, bestreitet, bestritt, bestrittet, bestritten)
  2. to refute

Conjugations for refute:

present
  1. refute
  2. refute
  3. refutes
  4. refute
  5. refute
  6. refute
simple past
  1. refuted
  2. refuted
  3. refuted
  4. refuted
  5. refuted
  6. refuted
present perfect
  1. have refuted
  2. have refuted
  3. has refuted
  4. have refuted
  5. have refuted
  6. have refuted
past continuous
  1. was refuting
  2. were refuting
  3. was refuting
  4. were refuting
  5. were refuting
  6. were refuting
future
  1. shall refute
  2. will refute
  3. will refute
  4. shall refute
  5. will refute
  6. will refute
continuous present
  1. am refuting
  2. are refuting
  3. is refuting
  4. are refuting
  5. are refuting
  6. are refuting
subjunctive
  1. be refuted
  2. be refuted
  3. be refuted
  4. be refuted
  5. be refuted
  6. be refuted
diverse
  1. refute!
  2. let's refute!
  3. refuted
  4. refuting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for refute:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
bestreiten deny; object; protest; rebut; refute; remonstrate battle with; combat; contest; contradict; deny; fight; hit out hard; object; protest; quarrel; rebut; scrap; scuffle
protestieren deny; object; protest; rebut; refute; remonstrate contradict; object; protest; rebut
widersprechen deny; object; protest; rebut; refute; remonstrate contradict; object; protest; raise objections; rebut; run counter to
zürückweisen refute
- controvert; rebut

Related Words for "refute":

  • refuting, refutable

Synonyms for "refute":


Related Definitions for "refute":

  1. prove to be false or incorrect1
  2. overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof1
    • The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments1

Wiktionary Translations for refute:

refute
verb
  1. to prove (something) to be false or incorrect
  2. to deny the truth or correctness of (something)
refute
  1. etwas widerlegen
verb
  1. [eine Theorie]: widerlegen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
refute widerlegen weerleggen — een eerdere bewering ontkrachten
refute sich brechen; sich erbrechen; sich übergeben; ablehnen; abschlagen; ausschlagen; versagen; weigern; verweigern; zurücksenden; refutieren; widerlegen; ausmerzen; abweisen; fortwerfen; wegwerfen rejeter — Traductions à trier suivant le sens
refute refutieren; widerlegen réfutercombattre, détruire par des raisons convaincantes ce qu’un autre a avancé, prouver que ce qu’un adversaire a dit est mal fonder ou n’est pas vrai.
refute zurückschlagen rétorquerretourner contre son adversaire les raisons, les arguments, les preuves dont il s’servir.