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I. be·lieve [bɪˈli:v] VB trans

1. believe (presume true):

to believe sth: etw glauben

believe [you] me!: du kannst mir glauben!

would you believe it?: kannst du dir das vorstellen? inf

would you believe it?: also unglaublich!

I wouldn't have believed it of them: das hätte ich nicht von ihnen gedacht

she couldn't [or could hardly]believe her ears/eyes: sie traute ihren Ohren/Augen nicht

I couldn't believe my luck: ich konnte mein Glück [gar] nicht fassen

I'll believe it when I see it!: das glaube ich erst, wenn ich es sehe!

I can't believe how ...: ich kann gar nicht verstehen, wie ...

believe it or not: ob du es glaubst oder nicht

to not believe a word of sth: kein Wort von etw dat glauben

to believe sb to be sth: jdn für etw acc halten

to believe that ...: glauben, dass ...

to find sth hard to believe: etw kaum glauben [o. fassen] können

she found it hard to believe that ...: es fiel ihr schwer zu glauben, dass ...

2. believe (pretend):

to make believe [that] ...: so tun, als ob ...

the boys made believe to be [or that they were] pirates: die Jungen taten so, als wären sie Piraten

Phrases:

seeing is believing saying: was ich sehe, glaube ich

II. be·lieve [bɪˈli:v] VB intr

1. believe (be certain of):

to believe in sth UFOs, God: an etw acc glauben

2. believe (have confidence):

to believe in sb/sth: auf jdn/etw vertrauen

3. believe (support sincerely):

to believe in sth: für etw acc sein

to believe in sth: viel von etw dat halten

I believe in going for a run every morning: ich bin fest davon überzeugt, dass man täglich morgens joggen sollte

4. believe (think):

believe: glauben

believe: denken <dachte, gedacht>

Jane Roberts, I believe?: sind Sie nicht Jane Roberts?

the robbers are believed to have escaped via Heathrow Airport: man nimmt an, dass die Räuber über den Flughafen Heathrow entkommen sind

we have [every] reason to believe that ...: wir haben [allen] Grund zu der Annahme, dass ... form

I believe not/so: ich glaube nicht/schon

I. ˈmake-be·lieve N no pl

make-believe: Fantasie f <-, -si̱e̱·en>

make-believe: Illusion f <-, -en>

this ideal is just make-believe: dieses Ideal ist nur Fantasie

a world of make-believe: eine Fantasiewelt

II. ˈmake-be·lieve ADJ inv

make-believe: Fantasie-

make-believe: imaginär

a make-believe world: eine Fantasiewelt

III. ˈmake-be·lieve <made-, made-> VB intr

to make-believe [that] ...: sich dat vorstellen, dass ...

Present
I	believe
you	believe
he/she/it	believes
we	believe
you	believe
they	believe

Past
I	believed
you	believed
he/she/it	believed
we	believed
you	believed
they	believed

Present Perfect
I	have	believed
you	have	believed
he/she/it	has	believed
we	have	believed
you	have	believed
they	have	believed

Past Perfect
I	had	believed
you	had	believed
he/she/it	had	believed
we	had	believed
you	had	believed
they	had	believed

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to believe firmly that ...: fest glauben, dass ...

I can't believe how ...: ich kann gar nicht verstehen, wie ...

to make believe [that] ...: so tun, als ob ...

to genuinely believe that ...: ernsthaft glauben, dass ...

to strongly believe sth: von etw dat fest überzeugt sein

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