confound in German
confound in German is verblüffen, verwirren, in Erstaunen versetzen — confound means to completely puzzle or baffle someone.
confound in German
verblüffen
To perplex or puzzle.
verwirren
To perplex or puzzle.
in Erstaunen versetzen
To stun or amaze.
verblüffen
To stun or amaze.
durcheinanderbringen
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
verdammen
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
verfluchen
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
verwechseln
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
verwirren
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
zum Kuckuck wünschen
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
verschlechtern
(sometimes, proscribed) To make something worse.
verschlimmern
(sometimes, proscribed) To make something worse.
beschämen
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
verdammen
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
verfluchen
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
zum Kuckuck wünschen
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
besiegen
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
durchkreuzen
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
verdammen
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
verfluchen
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
zum Kuckuck wünschen
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
zunichte machen
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
What does "confound" mean?
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verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
"The magician's trick confounded the entire audience."
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verb To mix up or fail to distinguish between two things.
"It's easy to confound correlation with causation in statistics."
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verb To defeat or ruin someone's plans.
"Her clever counter-argument confounded his whole strategy."
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noun In statistics, a variable that distorts the apparent relationship between two other variables (a "confounding variable").
"Age turned out to be a confound the researchers hadn't controlled for."
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confound in a sentence
- The magician's trick confounded the entire audience.
- Economists were confounded by the sudden market crash.
- It's easy to confound correlation with causation in statistics.
- Her clever counter-argument confounded his whole strategy.
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What is "confound" in German?
"confound" in German is verblüffen, verwirren, in Erstaunen versetzen. confound means: To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
How do you use "confound" in a sentence?
Example: "The magician's trick confounded the entire audience." In German, "confound" is verblüffen, verwirren, in Erstaunen versetzen.
Are there other ways to say "confound" in German?
Yes — German has 14 translations listed for "confound": verblüffen, verwirren, in Erstaunen versetzen, durcheinanderbringen, verdammen, verfluchen.
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