zugestehen

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German

Etymology

zu- +‎ gestehen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: zu‧ge‧ste‧hen
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  • Rhymes: -eːən

Verb

zugestehen (irregular strong, third-person singular present gesteht zu, past tense gestand zu, past participle zugestanden, past subjunctive gestände zu or gestünde zu, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to concede
    Du musst zugestehen, dass ich das sehr freundlich formuliert habe.
    You have to admit that I put it very kindly.
    Auf Nachfrage gestand man ihm eine eigene Zelle zu.
    Upon request, he was given his own cell.

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