d'Géigenargument
[ɡˈɜɪʑənɑʀɡumænt]
counterargument
Good to know
Neuter. Géigen- is the counter-.
Example
Keent vun denge Géigenargumenter ka mech iwwerzeegen.
None of your counterarguments can convince me.
Taught in C1 · Debate and persuasion
State a position, concede a point, object and sum up. The words of a debate, with the sentence patterns that carry them.
Other words in this lesson
- d'Debatt — debate
- d'Opfaassung — view, opinion
- d'Iwwerzeegung — conviction, belief
- d'Behaaptung — claim, assertion
- d'Argumentatioun — argumentation, line of argument
- de Géigner — opponent
- de Kompromëss — compromise
- averstanen — in agreement, agreed
- de Zweiwel — doubt
- de Virbehalt — reservation, misgiving
- de Beweis — proof, evidence
- beweisen — to prove
- de Fazit — summary, conclusion
- zouginn — to admit, to concede
- bestreiden — to deny
- diskutéieren — to discuss, to debate
- ënnerstëtzen — to support
- vertrieden — to represent (also: to defend a point of view)
- d'Ausnam — exception
- de Géigendeel — opposite, contrary
- ëmstridden — disputed, controversial
- selwecht — same
- d'Substanz — substance
- gëfteg — toxic, poisonous