VerbNr. 3.379 nach Häufigkeit
confess
/kənˈfɛs/
gestehen
- he/she/it
- confesses
- Partizip II
- confessed
Bedeutungen
- 1
gestehen
To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed
He confessed all his sins.
Er beichtete all seine Sünden.
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She was forced to confess.
Sie wurde gezwungen, ein Geständnis abzulegen.
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- 2
gestehen
To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in
- 3
gestehen
To unburden (oneself) of sins to God or a priest, in order to receive absolution
- 4
gestehen
To hear or receive such a confession of sins from
- 5
gestehen
To disclose or reveal
- 6
gestehen
To profess one's loveselten