wëssen / kennen
[vˈəsən]
to know a fact / to know a person or place
Taught in C2 · Style, nuance and argument
The finest distinctions: near-synonyms, the little particles that colour a sentence, and the vocabulary of analysis.
Other words in this lesson
- kucken / gesinn — to look / to see
- héieren / nolauschteren — to hear / to listen
- 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
- ënnersträichen — to underline / stress
- 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