believe

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
2. To accept that someone is telling the truth.
3. To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
4. To opine, think, reckon.
5. [with in]
6. [with in]
7. [with in]

Konzepte

glauben

meinen

denken

vertrauen

Glauben schenken

für richtig halten

sicher sein

einschätzen

anerkennen

für richtig erkennen

ernst nehmen

für wahr halten

gladden

hochschätzen

würdigen

annehmen

mutmaßen

abschätzen

abwägen

beurteilen

bewerten

finden

schätzen

untersuchen

vermuten

werten

falsch denken

abnehmen

verstehen

Mit Bindestrich als

be‧lieve

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/bɪˈliːv/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English beleven, bileven, from Old English belīefan (“to believe”), from Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan (“to believe”), equivalent to be- + leave (“to give leave or permission to, permit, allow, grant”). Cognate with Scots beleve (“to believe”), Middle Low German belö̂ven (“to believe”), Middle High German belouben (“to believe”).
A related term in Old English was ġelīefan (“to be dear to; believe, trust”), from Proto-West Germanic *galaubijan (“to have faith, believe”), from Proto-Germanic *galaubijaną. Compare also Old English ġelēafa (“belief, faith, confidence, trust”), Old English lēof ("dear, valued, beloved, pleasant, agreeable" > English lief). Related also to North Frisian leauwjen (“to believe”), West Frisian leauwe (“to believe”), Dutch geloven (“to believe”), German glauben (“to believe”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (galaubjan, “to hold dear, valuable, or satisfactory, approve of, believe”).
The prepositionally transitive senses with in are a semantic loan from Latin crēdō in aliquem / aliquid.