Quote Originally Posted by Fuchs View Post
I wrote "negieren = to negate" (although "negieren" is an imported word; Latin "negare") because of the context.

The mentioned "to say no" is better translated with the verb "verneinen", but it's not the only meaning of "negieren".
Yes, true enough and the fun side of translations. This is the reason why I added more choices in my very rough ones. It puts the reader in guard and shows that there are other nuances and (slightly) differing meanings.

Firn