suspect

vermuten, ahnen

Etwas für wahrscheinlich wahr halten, ohne es sicher zu wissen.

In einfachem Englisch: To think something is probably true, without knowing for certain.

• I suspect you're right.
• The doctor suspected a problem with his heart.
• We had suspected this would happen.

So benutzt man es: suspect (that) ... (I suspect that she knows more than she says.); suspect something (The doctor suspected an infection.)

Synonyme: think, suppose, imagine

Häufige Wendungen: suspect a problem, suspect that something, suspect the truth, suspect an infection

verdächtigen

Denken, dass jemand etwas Unrechtes getan hat oder dass etwas einen Schaden verursacht hat.

In einfachem Englisch: To think someone has done something wrong, or that something has caused harm.

• The police suspect her brother.
• They suspected the drug of causing liver damage.
• Who do you suspect of breaking the window?

So benutzt man es: suspect someone/something of something/doing something (Police suspect him of stealing the money.)

Häufige Wendungen: suspect someone, suspect foul play, suspect someone of something

misstrauen, anzweifeln

Unsicher sein, ob jemand ehrlich oder etwas zuverlässig oder wahr ist.

In einfachem Englisch: To feel unsure whether someone or something is honest, reliable, or true.

• I suspect his motives.
• She began to suspect the truth of his story.
• They had always suspected the reliability of those figures.

Synonyme: distrust, doubt, mistrust

Gegenteile: trust

Häufige Wendungen: suspect someone's motives, suspect someone's honesty, suspect the truth

Verdächtiger

Person, die möglicherweise eine Straftat begangen hat, oder Person oder Sache, die möglicherweise ein Problem verursacht hat.

In einfachem Englisch: A person believed to have committed a crime, or someone or something believed to have caused a problem.

• Police arrested a suspect.
• The detectives questioned three suspects about the theft.
• A faulty cable is the main suspect in the power failure.

So benutzt man es: a suspect in something (He is a suspect in the robbery.)

Häufige Wendungen: prime suspect, murder suspect, question a suspect, suspect in something

verdächtig, zweifelhaft

Möglicherweise falsch, unehrlich, unsicher oder geeignet, Probleme zu verursachen.

In einfachem Englisch: Possibly false, dishonest, unsafe, or likely to cause problems.

• Those figures look suspect.
• Police found a suspect package at the station.
• The evidence used against her was highly suspect.

Synonyme: questionable, dubious, suspicious

Gegenteile: trustworthy, reliable

Häufige Wendungen: suspect evidence, a suspect package, highly suspect, suspect claims