German VERB B1 Rank 3798

widersprechen

to contradict

widersprechen – widersprach – hat widersprochen

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Forms adapted from the German Wiktionary entry widersprechen, by Wiktionary contributors, licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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confusable

widersprechen vs bestreiten

to deny / cover / contest

Widersprechen means not agreeing with a person or their opinion. Bestreiten is more specifically directed at the truth of a statement. If you hold a different view, you widersprechen; if you state that a claim is untrue, you bestreiten it.

Visual example for bestreiten
widersprechen

Ich widerspreche Lea, denn ihrer Einschätzung des Plans stimme ich nicht zu.

I disagree with Lea because I do not agree with her assessment of the plan.

bestreiten

Ich bestreite Leas Behauptung, dass der Plan zehn Millionen Euro kostet.

I deny Lea’s claim that the plan costs ten million euros.

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