· 8 lists · 353 words
Thinking and arguing
Claiming, reasoning, conceding — and the words for each step.
What holds these lists together
These lists have no subject of their own; they have a procedure. They stand apart from language and expression because they are not about how something is said but about whether it holds. German makes the difference audible in a single letter: behaupten puts a claim forward, beweisen shows it, and unterstellen hands it to somebody who never made it. Somebody who confuses the three has not made a slip of style — they have attributed a position to the wrong person. It is also the one category whose words are needed in every other: a finding is weighed, a contract is interpreted, a diagnosis is justified, and all three reach for the same verbs.
The eight lists
Spread across the levels
The category runs across the levels — it is an area, not a difficulty. If you practise it, you can also choose a level at the top of the practice page and then get only the part that sits there.
| Level | Words | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A1 | 1 | 0 % |
| A2 | 9 | 3 % |
| B1 | 46 | 13 % |
| B2 | 43 | 12 % |
| C1 | 94 | 27 % |
| C2 | 160 | 45 % |
Practise this category
Multiple choice and gaps, across all eight lists and all 353 words. Whatever you get wrong comes back tomorrow.