Synonyms in German, like meinen, bedeuten, and heißen can be really tricky because they all mean "to mean" in English, and as synonyms in a foreign language, the way they overlap is different than you might first expect.

The connotation of words in German is also different, and that's why looking up a word in a German dictionary can be really confusing.

One great way of learning the difference between meinen, bedeuten, and heißen is to learn when they are used most frequently, and then you can add from there.

Today you'll learn when to use each of these three verbs with example situations.

With homework, natürlich.

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Download the A1-A2-B1 German Sentence Structure Guide (below).

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