Definition
Information or an object showing that a claim is true.
Translations
- English
- proof
- Français
- preuve
- Türkçe
- kanıt
- Polski
- dowód
- Русский
- доказательство
- Українська
- доказ
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Beweis
- B1
- Noun
- Communication
- Society & Public Life
proof
/deːɐ̯ bəˈvaɪ̯s/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Beweise
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Conversion
- Topics
- CommunicationPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Beweis überzeugte das Gericht.NominativSing.The evidence convinced the court.
- Die Staatsanwältin legte den Beweis vor.AkkusativSing.The prosecutor presented the evidence.
- Der Richter vertraute dem Beweis.DativSing.The judge trusted the evidence.
- Die Aussagekraft des Beweises war eindeutig.GenitivSing.The evidentiary value of the evidence was unequivocal.
- Die Beweise überzeugten das Gericht.NominativPlur.The evidence convinced the court.
- Die Ermittler sammelten mehrere Beweise.AkkusativPlur.The investigators collected several pieces of evidence.
- Die Anwälte widersprachen den Beweisen.DativPlur.The lawyers contradicted the evidence.
- Die Aussagekraft der Beweise war überzeugend.GenitivPlur.The evidentiary value of the evidence was convincing.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Beweis/bəˈvaɪ̯s/
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Article phrase
der Beweis/deːɐ̯ bəˈvaɪ̯s/
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Plural
Beweise/bəˈvaɪ̯zə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Beweis | die Beweise |
| Akkusativ | den Beweis | die Beweise |
| Dativ | dem Beweis | den Beweisen |
| Genitiv | des Beweises | der Beweise |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationeinen Beweis finden
- Collocationeinen Beweis vorlegen
- Verb constructioneinen Beweis liefern + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionmit einem Beweis überzeugenmit + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Beweis ist überzeugend.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymNachweis — proof
A Nachweis also substantiates a claim, but often more generally denotes a document or verifiable confirmation.
- Semantically relatedIndiz
An Indiz supports a claim but does not necessarily prove it completely.
- Near-synonymBeleg — receipt
A Beleg supports a statement but does not have to prove it as unequivocally or completely as a Beweis.
- Semantically relatedArgument
An Argument supports a claim linguistically or logically, whereas an Beweis provides stronger assurance of its truth.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeConversion
- BeweisOther
„Beweis“ is a conversion of „beweisen“ and denotes the result or means of proving.
Word family
- beweisen
- beweisbar
- Beweiskraft