zouginn
[tsˈəʊɡin]
to admit, to concede
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Separable: ech ginn zou, but dat muss ech zouginn.
Example
Du hues méi schéin Hoer ewéi ech, dat muss ech zouginn.
You have nicer hair than I do, I must admit.
How to conjugate zouginn
Past participle: zouginn · Auxiliary: hunn · Imperative: gëff zou! · gitt zou!
| Present | Perfect | Simple past | Conditional | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ech | ginn zou | hunn zouginn | gouf zou | géif zou |
| du | gëss zou | hues zouginn | goufs zou | géifs zou |
| hien / si / hatt | gëtt zou | huet zouginn | gouf zou | géif zou |
| mir | ginn zou | hunn zouginn | goufen zou | géifen zou |
| dir | gitt zou | hutt zouginn | gouft zou | géift zou |
| si | ginn zou | hunn zouginn | goufen zou | géifen zou |
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
- d'Géigenargument — counterargument
- 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
- 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