Also means
to beget (a child)
Usage Note
zeugen in the legal sense (von etwas zeugen) means to attest to or give evidence of something; it is also used figuratively, e.g. Das zeugt von Mut (That bespeaks courage). The child-begetting sense is entirely separate.
Examples
"Die Spuren zeugen davon, dass hier ein Kampf stattgefunden hat."
Natural Translation
The traces testify that a struggle took place here.
Literal Translation
The traces testify from-it that here a struggle taken-place has.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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