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German vocabulary B2: Thinking, understanding, deciding
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Words for thinking, understanding and deciding, such as der Entschluss, durchschauen, das Missverständnis, nachdenklich, die Strategie and unterschätzen.
122 German words at level B2, with their translation.
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verbinden (in Gedanken)
to associate (in the mind)also: to link
erkennen (an etw.)
to tell (by sth)
verbunden (mit etw.)
associated (with sth)
alternativ
alternative (adjective)also: alternatively
zusammenhängend (mit etw.)
related (to sth)also: connected, linked
die Alternative
alternative (option)
die Analyse
analysis
beschäftigen (in Gedanken)
to preoccupy
entdecken (bemerken)
to spot (notice)also: to notice
sich festlegen (auf etw.)
to settle (on sth)also: to commit, to decide on
der Sinn (Zweck)
meaning (purpose)also: point
der Zusammenhang
connection (relation between facts)also: link, relationship
das Nachdenken
thought (thinking)also: thinking, reflection
das Verständnis
understanding (knowledge)also: comprehension
die Vision
vision (of the future)
fest
firmlyalso: tightly
sich entschließen (zu etw.)
to decide (to do sth)also: to resolve, to make up one's mind
die Ahnung
hunchalso: inkling, notion
das Element
element
der Faktor
factor
die Erwartung
expectation
sich denken (dass)
to figure (that)also: to reckon
unterscheiden (etw. von etw.)
to distinguish (sth from sth else)also: to differentiate
verwirren (jdn.)
to confuse (make sb unsure)also: to bewilder, to perplex
verwechseln (etw. mit etw.)
to confuse (sth with sth else)also: to mix up
annehmen (dass)
to assume
der Vergleich
comparison
der Hintergrund (eines Ereignisses)
background (of an event)
das Motiv
motive (reason for acting)
ignorieren
to ignore
bewerten
to assess (give a rating)also: to rate, to evaluate, to grade, to mark
die Theorie
theory
der Beschluss
resolution (decision)also: ruling
die Strategie
strategy
die Auswahl
selectionalso: range
die Priorität
priority
die Basis
basisalso: foundation, base
das Konzept
concept
der Aspekt
aspect
die Kategorie
category
die Konzentration
concentration
die Beurteilung
assessmentalso: evaluation, appraisal
die Lehre
lesson (learned from experience)
die Vorstellung (Idee)
idea (notion)also: notion
die Absicht
intentionalso: intent
die Interpretation
interpretation
die Illusion
illusion
der Input
input (ideas)
die Botschaft
message (main idea)
die Philosophie
philosophy
das Missverständnis
misunderstanding
vermutenalso: ich vermute
to supposealso: to imagine, to presume, I expect
identifizieren (jdn./etw.)
to identify (sb/sth)
zögern
to hesitate
bewusst
deliberatealso: conscious, intentional
logisch
logical
unverständlich
incomprehensiblealso: unintelligible, hard to understand
beabsichtigt
intendedalso: intentional
erfassenalso: begreifen
to grasp (take in fully)also: to comprehend, to take in
analysieren
to analysealso: to analyze
zerlegen (etw.)
to break down (sth into parts)also: to take apart
die Vorgehensweise
procedurealso: approach
der Einfall
sudden ideaalso: brainwave, idea, bright idea
inwiefern
to what extentalso: in what way, how far
der Ausgangspunkt
starting pointalso: point of departure
festsetzen
to fix (a date or price)also: to determine
blindlings
blindly
abgelenkt
distracted
vorhersagend
predictivealso: predicting
fest entschlossen (zu etw.)
intent (on sth)also: resolved, determined
unlogisch
illogical
der Kontext
context
die Missachtung
disregard
das Dilemma
dilemma
das Ethos
ethosalso: ethic
ablenken (jdn.)
to distract (sb)
erratenalso: richtig raten
to guess (correctly)also: to guess right, to guess correctly
ausloten (etw.)
to explore (sth thoroughly)also: to probe
grünes Licht geben (für etw.)
to give the green light (to sb/sth)also: to give the go-ahead
die Identifizierung
identification
der Rückschluss
inference
abwägen
to weigh (consider carefully)also: to weigh up
aus dem Kopf
offhandalso: from memory, off the top of my head
nachdenklich
thoughtful (deep in thought)also: reflective, pensive
ratlos
puzzledalso: at a loss, perplexed, baffled
durchschaubar
transparent (of a plan or motive)also: easy to see through
wie die Dinge stehen
where things standalso: as things stand
das Szenario
scenario
der Entschluss
decision (a personal resolve)also: resolve
der Theoretiker / die Theoretikerinalso: der Theoretiker, die Theoretikerin
theorist
abstrakt
abstract
unterschätzen (jdn./etw.)
to underestimate (sb/sth)
auseinanderhalten (jdn./etw.)
to tell apart (sb/sth)
darauf hindeuten (dass)
to suggest (indicate that)also: to point to, to indicate
genau betrachten (etw.)
to study (sth closely)also: to look at closely, to scrutinise, to scrutinize
mitbekommen
to catch (what is said or happening)also: to pick up, to notice
durchschauen
to see through (a trick or person)
ertappen (jdn. bei etw.)
to catch (sb doing sth)
in Einklang bringen
to reconcilealso: to balance, to harmonise, to harmonize
vertraut sein (mit etw.)also: gut kennen, nicht vertraut sein
to be familiar with (sth)
sortieren (etw.)
to sort (sth into groups)
abschätzen (jdn./etw.)
to size up (sb/sth)also: to estimate, to gauge
folgernalso: schlussfolgern
to reasonalso: to conclude, to deduce
in Zusammenhang bringen (etw. mit etw.)
to relate (sth to sth else)also: to link
es für angebracht halten (etw. zu tun)
to see fit (to do sth)also: to think fit
die Verwirrung
confusion
auf dem Holzweg sein
to be on the wrong trackalso: to be barking up the wrong tree
zutrauen (jdm. etw.)
to credit (sb with sth)also: to think capable of
sich bewusst sein (etw. Gen.)
to be aware (of sth)also: aware, to be conscious, conscious
sich nicht bewusst sein (etw. Gen.)
to be unaware (of sth)also: unaware, not aware, to be not aware
die Vergessenheit
oblivion
der Indikator
indicator (sign or measure)also: predictor
die Voraussagealso: die Vorhersage
predictionalso: forecast
der Irrglaube
misconceptionalso: fallacy, false belief
der Philosoph / die Philosophinalso: der Philosoph, die Philosophin
philosopher
missverstehen (jdn./etw.)
to misunderstand (sb/sth)
sinnieren
to musealso: to ponder
neugierig machen (jdn.)
to intrigue (sb)also: to make curious
vor ein Rätsel stellen (jdn.)
to mystify (sb)also: to baffle, to puzzle
vorschnell beurteilen (etw.)
to prejudge (sth)also: to judge too quickly, to judge hastily
die Kategorisierung
categorisationalso: categorization
die Ratlosigkeit
bewildermentalso: perplexity
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