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German vocabulary B2: Thinking, knowing, judging

B2 Catalogue 55 cards

Phrases for knowing, supposing and forming an opinion, such as soweit ich weiß, den Eindruck haben, Sinn ergeben, berücksichtigen and meiner Auffassung nach.

55 German words at level B2, with their translation.

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soweit ich weißalso: meines Wissens as far as I knowalso: to my knowledge, to the best of my knowledge
auswendig by heartalso: from memory
erkennen können can tellalso: to be able to tell
allgemein bekannt common knowledgealso: generally known, widely known
berücksichtigen (etw.) to take into account (sth)also: to take account of
überdenken (etw.) to think over (sth)also: to reconsider
ernst nehmen (jdn./etw.) to take seriously (sb/sth)
meines Wissensalso: soweit ich weiß to the best of my knowledgealso: to my knowledge, as far as I know
durchdenken (etw.) to think through (sth)
halten (für jdn./etw.) to consider (sb/sth to be sth)also: to think of as
sich sicher sein (dass) to be sure (that)also: to be certain
ausfindig machen (jdn./etw.) to locate (sb/sth)also: to track down
sich zu eigen machen (etw.) to adopt (sth as your own)
aufklären (etw.) to clear up (explain sth)also: to solve, to clarify
den Eindruck haben (dass) to be under the impressionalso: to have the impression, to get the impression
ausmachen (etw./jdn.) to make out (sth/sb)also: to distinguish, to spot
einschätzen (jdn.) to sum up (sb)also: to size up
es besser wissen to know better
zurückblicken to look back
Sinn ergeben to make sense
die Grundlagen (Pl.) the basicsalso: the fundamentals
eingehend in depthalso: thoroughly
sein sollen (etw.) to be supposed to be (sth)
der Fall sein to be the case
dafür sein to be in favouralso: to be in favor, to be for it
einverstanden sein (mit etw.) to agree with (sth)also: to be in agreement
im Zweifel sein to be in doubt
vertieft sein (in etw.) to be absorbed (in sth)also: to be engrossed
im Unklaren sein (über etw.) to be unclear (about sth)also: to be in the dark
gehört haben (von jdm./etw.) to have heard of (sb/sth)
ein Auge haben (für etw.) to have an eye for (sth)
einen Blackout haben to go blankalso: to have a blackout
schlau werden (aus jdm./etw.) to figure out (sth/sb)also: to make sense of
hätte können (+ Infinitiv) could have (+ past participle)
im Unrecht sein to be in the wrong
die praktischen Grundkenntnisse (in etw.) a working knowledge (of sth)
kann nicht haben (+ Partizip II) couldn't have (+ past participle)also: can't have, cannot have
könnte durchaus may/might/could wellalso: may well, might well, could well
könnte haben (+ Partizip II) might have (+ past participle)also: may have
in jemandes Augen in someone's eyesalso: in somebody's eyes
genauso gut können (etw. tun) may as well (do sth)also: might as well
meiner Auffassung nachalso: meiner Meinung nach to my mindalso: in my view, in my opinion
den Überblick verlieren (über etw.) to lose track (of sth)
sich einfallen lassen (etw.) to come up with (sth)also: to think up
der Ansicht seinalso: der Meinung sein to hold thatalso: to be of the opinion
aufgeschlossen sein to have/keep an open mindalso: to have an open mind, to keep an open mind, to be open-minded
einen Schluss ziehen to draw a conclusionalso: to come to a conclusion, to conclude
das Gefühl bekommen (dass) to get the feeling (that)also: to get the impression, to get the sense
wird haben (+ Partizip II) will have (+ past participle)
den Wunsch haben (etw. zu tun) to wish to (do sth)
als selbstverständlich hinnehmen (jdn./etw.) to take for granted (sb/sth)
viel halten (von etw.) to believe in (doing sth)also: to think highly of
als selbstverständlich ansehen (etw.) to take for granted (sth)also: to take it for granted
in den Sinn kommen to cross your mindalso: to come to mind
Partei ergreifen to take sides

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