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 | flimsy {adj} [pej.] [argument, excuse, etc.] | 1964 fadenscheinig [fig.] [pej.] [Argument, Ausrede etc.] | |
| spurious {adj} | 1863 fadenscheinig [Argument] | |
| substantial {adj} | 1576 wesentlich [Unterschied, Argument] | |
| unassailable {adj} | 1008 unanfechtbar [Argument usw.] | |
| coherent {adj} [argument, reasoning etc.] | 801 schlüssig | |
| resolved {adj} {past-p} [argument, issue, dispute, etc.] | 340 geklärt | |
| cloudy {adj} [argument, position, point of view] | 327 diffus | |
| cloudy {adj} [argument, position, point of view] | 318 unklar | |
| untenable {adj} | 136 hinfällig [Argument] | |
| counter- {prefix} [e.g. attack, strike, balance, argument] | 132 Gegen- [z. B. Angriff, Schlag, Gewicht, Argument] | |
| irrefutable {adj} [argument] | 99 unangreifbar [Argument] | |
| threadbare {adj} [argument] | 88 abgedroschen [ugs.] | |
| substantive {adj} [evidence, argument] | 50 stichhaltig | |
| tempestuous {adj} [argument, rage] | 49 heftig | |
| substantial {adj} [argument] | 37 stichhaltig | |
| pellucid {adj} [e.g. argument] | 30 einleuchtend | |
| unsound {adj} [ill-founded] | 28 anfechtbar [Gesetz, Argument] | |
| weighty {adj} | 28 triftig [Grund, Argument] | |
| conclusive {adj} | 26 zwingend [Schluss, Argument] | |
| irrelevant {adj} | 14 sachfremd [Argument etc.] | |
| wifty {adj} [esp. N. Am.] [coll.] [vague] [of thinking, argument, etc.] | 8 vage | |
| telling {adj} [argument] | 7 schlagend [Argument] | |
| quibbled {adj} {past-p} | 5 ausgewichen [einem Argument] | |
| argumentative {adv} [given to argument] | argumentierfreudig | |
| revisited {adj} {past-p} [argument, issue] | erneut aufgegriffen | |
| revisited {adj} {past-p} [argument, issue] | wieder aufgegriffen | |
| thoughtful {adj} [argument, etc.] | wohldurchdacht [geh.] | |
| unaired {adj} [argument] | nicht vorgebracht | |
| unanswerable {adj} [irrefutable] [e.g. argument] | unwiderleglich [z. B. Argument] | |
| unsound {adj} [ill-founded] | wenig stichhaltig [Argument] | |
| Verbs |
| to undergird sth. [e.g. argument, theory] | 543 etw.Akk. untermauern [z. B. Argument, Theorie] | |
| to follow [the argument, explanation, etc] | 346 mitdenken | |
| to maintain [position in an argument] | 57 verfechten | |
| to provoke sth. [an argument etc.] | 55 etw. anzetteln [pej.] [einen Streit etc.] | |
| to weaken [also fig.] | 38 entkräften [schwächen] [auch fig.: Argument etc.] | |
| to fabricate sth. [fig.] [e.g. an alibi] | 12 etw.Akk. zusammenzimmern [fig.] [ugs.] [Argument, Alibi etc.] | |
| to neutralise sth. [Br.] [the force of an argument] | etw.Dat. die Spitze nehmen [Redewendung] | |
| to neutralize sth. [the force of an argument] | etw.Dat. die Spitze nehmen [Redewendung] | |
| to revisit sth. [argument, issue] | nochmals auf etw.Akk. zurückkommen | |
| to settle [settle someplace; NOT e.g. to settle an argument] | sich ansiedeln | |
| Nouns |
| proposition [argument] | 770 These {f} | |
| rebuttal [of argument, contention] | 721 Widerlegung {f} | |
| spat [quarrel, short argument] | 709 Zank {m} [bes. um Nichtigkeiten] | |
| dispute [argument] | 673 Auseinandersetzung {f} [Diskussion, Debatte] | |
| hassle [coll.] [argument] | 412 Auseinandersetzung {f} [Streit] | |
| validity [of argument] | 409 Stichhaltigkeit {f} | |
| thesis [argument, hypothesis] | 228 These {f} | |
| polemic [controversial argument] | 98 Wortgefecht {n} | |
| contest [argument] | 83 Auseinandersetzung {f} [Streit] | |
| issue [argument] | 80 Streitfall {m} | |
