Timeline for Difference between "zweifeln", "anzweifeln" and "bezweifeln"
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| Feb 15, 2019 at 0:59 | comment | added | Alan Evangelista | It seems a little odd to me that the verb which represents the weakest doubt (anzweifeln) also implies that you voice it. Usually, you voice your doubt when it is strong. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 21:13 | comment | added | Emanuel | @CarstenSchultz... very good point | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 21:07 | comment | added | Carsten S | I think that "anzweifeln" implies that you voice your doubts, while you can "bezweifeln" silently. | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 20:47 | vote | accept | Enrique Moreno Tent | ||
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| Aug 25, 2014 at 20:47 | vote | accept | Enrique Moreno Tent | ||
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| Aug 25, 2014 at 18:43 | comment | added | Emanuel | @Dbugger... well, as long as you do the different grammar justice the resulting sentence will be about the same thing... doubting. Whether or not the nuance/strength matters is a question of style and context I suppose. One writer might be totally against "zweifeln an" claiming that it's totally different from his "anzweifeln". But objectively, I wouldn't know how | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 18:38 | comment | added | Enrique Moreno Tent | So if the only semantic difference is the strength of the doubt, does it mean that they can be replaced in any sentence, and it would be always correct? | |
| Aug 25, 2014 at 18:33 | history | answered | Emanuel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |