No. 15,560 in German
wahrhaben
To admit or accept as true.
In a sentence
Er wollte es einfach nicht wahrhaben.
He simply didn't want to acknowledge it.
Here, 'wahrhaben' means to acknowledge a truth or accept something as real in the context of emotional resistance.
Es fällt vielen Menschen schwer, die Wahrheit wahrzuhaben.
It is difficult for many people to accept the truth.
'wahrhaben' here emphasizes an individual's struggle to come to terms with a reality.
Manchmal braucht es Zeit, um eine traurige Realität wahrzuhaben.
Sometimes it takes time to come to terms with a sad reality.
This usage of 'wahrhaben' describes the process of gradually accepting a challenging truth.
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