ënnersträichen

[ənɐʃtʀˈæːɪɕən]

to underline / stress

How to conjugate ënnersträichen

Past participle: ënnerstrach · Auxiliary: hunn · Imperative: ënnersträich! · ënnersträicht!

Taught in C2 · Style, nuance and argument

The finest distinctions: near-synonyms, the little particles that colour a sentence, and the vocabulary of analysis.

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• kucken / gesinn — to look / to see
• héieren / nolauschteren — to hear / to listen
• wëssen / kennen — to know a fact / to know a person or place
• soen / schwätzen / erzielen — to say / to speak / to tell
• goen / fueren — to go on foot / to go by vehicle
• leeën / leien — to lay / to lie
• setzen / sëtzen — to set down / to sit
• stellen / stoen — to stand something up / to stand
• d'Ironie — irony
• d'Metapher — metaphor
• d'Iwwerdreiwung — exaggeration
• d'Andeitung — hint / allusion
• andeiten — to hint
• betounen — to emphasise
• relativéieren — to put into perspective
• widderleeën — to refute
• verdeedegen — to defend
• a Fro stellen — to call into question
• d'Viraussetzung — the premise
• d'Schlussfolgerung — the conclusion
• de Widdersproch — the contradiction
• onbestreitbar — undeniable
• zweiwelhaft — doubtful
• iwwerzeegend — convincing