"witness" meaning in Englisch

See witness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: ˈwɪtnəs Audio: En-us-witness.ogg Forms: the witness [singular], the witnesses [plural]
  1. der Zeuge, die Zeugin Tags: general
    Sense id: de-witness-en-noun-aWfUPJhJ
  2. Trauzeuge
    Sense id: de-witness-en-noun-XqAfa2aT
  3. Zeugnis
    Sense id: de-witness-en-noun-1iXOrDKv
  4. Bekenntnis
    Sense id: de-witness-en-noun-Ii5vlvgp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: evidence Translations (Übersetzungen umgeleitet): Zeugin (Für [1] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zeuge)
Categories (other): Anagramm sortiert (Englisch), Englisch, Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch), Substantiv (Englisch), Siehe auch Hyponyms: eyewitness, Augenzeuge, witness for the defence, Entlastungszeuge, adverse witness, Gegenzeuge, witness for the prosecution, Belastungszeuge, witness box, Zeugenstand, witness stand, Zeugenstand

Verb

IPA: ˈwɪtnəs Audio: En-us-witness.ogg Forms: simple present I, you, they, simple present witness, he witnesses, she witnesses, it witnesses, simple past witnessed, present participle witnessing, past participle witnessed
  1. bezeugen
    Sense id: de-witness-en-verb-1jfA7WjC
  2. beglaubigen, bestätigen
    Sense id: de-witness-en-verb-k25MLqG0
  3. beobachten, sehen, von etwas Zeuge sein
    Sense id: de-witness-en-verb-9~KULADe
  4. eine Veränderung (mit-)erleben
    Sense id: de-witness-en-verb-UDcJC-6y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: testify, certify Hyponyms: eyewitness Derived forms: witnessable, witnesser, prewitness, self-witness, self-witnessed, well-witnessed Translations (Übersetzungen umgeleitet): beglaubigen (Für [2] siehe Übersetzungen zu bezeugen), sehen (Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu beobachten)

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
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      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "kind": "other",
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "the witnesses",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "wit·ness",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "eyewitness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Augenzeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness for the defence"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Entlastungszeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "adverse witness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Gegenzeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness for the prosecution"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Belastungszeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness box"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zeugenstand"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness stand"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zeugenstand"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Adams, Douglas: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency\"; 1987",
          "text": "\"This time there would be no witnesses.\"",
          "translation": "Dieses Mal würde es keine Zeugen geben."
        }
      ],
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        "der Zeuge, die Zeugin"
      ],
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        "Trauzeuge"
      ],
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        "insbesondere bei der Hochzeit"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Zeugnis"
      ],
      "id": "de-witness-en-noun-1iXOrDKv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "förmlich",
        "gehoben"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
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        "Bekenntnis"
      ],
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      "raw_tags": [
        "im religiösen Sinn"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "evidence"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Für [1] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zeuge",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Zeugin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witness"
}

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      "name": "Anagramm sortiert (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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      "source": "w"
    },
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      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    {
      "word": "witnessable"
    },
    {
      "word": "witnesser"
    },
    {
      "word": "prewitness"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-witnessed"
    },
    {
      "word": "well-witnessed"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present witness"
    },
    {
      "form": "he witnesses"
    },
    {
      "form": "she witnesses"
    },
    {
      "form": "it witnesses"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past witnessed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle witnessing"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle witnessed"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "wit·ness",
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    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "eyewitness"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "bezeugen"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beglaubigen, bestätigen"
      ],
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      "sense_index": "2"
    },
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      ],
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      "sense_index": "3"
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "eine Veränderung (mit-)erleben"
      ],
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "testify"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "certify"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Für [2] siehe Übersetzungen zu bezeugen",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "beglaubigen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu beobachten",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "sehen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witness"
}
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    "Substantiv (Englisch)",
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  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "the witness",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the witnesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "wit·ness",
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    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "eyewitness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Augenzeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness for the defence"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Entlastungszeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "adverse witness"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Gegenzeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness for the prosecution"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Belastungszeuge"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness box"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zeugenstand"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "witness stand"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "Zeugenstand"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Adams, Douglas: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency\"; 1987",
          "text": "\"This time there would be no witnesses.\"",
          "translation": "Dieses Mal würde es keine Zeugen geben."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "der Zeuge, die Zeugin"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Jura"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
      "tags": [
        "general"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Trauzeuge"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "insbesondere bei der Hochzeit"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Zeugnis"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "förmlich",
        "gehoben"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Bekenntnis"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "im religiösen Sinn"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "evidence"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Für [1] siehe Übersetzungen zu Zeuge",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "Zeugin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witness"
}

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    "Englisch",
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    "Verb (Englisch)",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "witnessable"
    },
    {
      "word": "witnesser"
    },
    {
      "word": "prewitness"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-witness"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-witnessed"
    },
    {
      "word": "well-witnessed"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "simple present I, you, they"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple present witness"
    },
    {
      "form": "he witnesses"
    },
    {
      "form": "she witnesses"
    },
    {
      "form": "it witnesses"
    },
    {
      "form": "simple past witnessed"
    },
    {
      "form": "present participle witnessing"
    },
    {
      "form": "past participle witnessed"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "wit·ness",
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "3",
      "word": "eyewitness"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bezeugen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beglaubigen, bestätigen"
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beobachten, sehen, von etwas Zeuge sein"
      ],
      "sense_index": "3"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eine Veränderung (mit-)erleben"
      ],
      "sense_index": "4"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "ˈwɪtnəs"
    },
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "testify"
    },
    {
      "sense_index": "2",
      "word": "certify"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Für [2] siehe Übersetzungen zu bezeugen",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "beglaubigen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Für [3] siehe Übersetzungen zu beobachten",
      "lang_code": "übersetzungen umleiten",
      "sense": "Übersetzungen umgeleitet",
      "sense_index": "*",
      "word": "sehen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witness"
}

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