believe

Betekenis (Engels)

To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
To accept that someone is telling the truth.
To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
To opine, think, reckon.
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geloven

menen

houden voor

geloven in

agnosceren

have faith in

believe in

have faith

depend on

give credence to

place trust in

put faith in

be loyal

accept without question

regard as

have an opinion

be convinced

trust upon

be acquainted with

be confident

be of the opinion that

have confidence

affirm

administer justice

look upon

trus

had faith

place assurance in

Frequentie

Met koppelteken als

be‧lieve

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/bɪˈliːv/

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.