behaupten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- allege verb (law) To formally state something as fact in court, especially under oath.
- claim verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
- confide verb To tell someone a secret, trusting them to keep it private.
- suggest verb To put forward an idea or possibility for consideration.
Senses
behaupten is used for these senses in English:
- allege (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof.
- confide (intransitive, with in) To take (someone) into one's confidence, to speak in secret with.
- confide (transitive, intransitive) To say (something) in confidence.
- suggest (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).
allege — full definition
- verb (law) To formally state something as fact in court, especially under oath.
- verb To quote a writer's work as support for or against a point.
- verb To put something forward as a reason or excuse.
- verb To claim that something is true without offering any proof.
claim — full definition
- verb To state that something is true, often without having proved it yet.
- verb To formally ask for something you believe you are owed or entitled to.
- noun A statement that something is true, especially one still to be proven.
- noun A formal request for money, property, or a right one believes is owed.
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