# das Widerwort

das Widerwort is a German noun meaning “rebuttal”. Forms: des Widerwortes, die Widerworte.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Widerwortes
- Plural: die Widerworte

## In other languages

- Русский: возражение

## Meanings

1. _in the plural_ rebuttal
2. _in the plural_ backtalk

## Examples

- Wenn Mutter schimpft, gibst du keine Widerworte. — When your mother is ranting, you don't talk back to her.
- Du musst auch immer Widerworte geben! — You always talk back to me, don't you?
- Du gibst ihr besser keine Widerworte. — You'd better not talk back to her.
- Der Junge gab seinem Vater Widerworte. — The boy answered his father back.
- Gib mir keine solchen Widerworte, Tom! — Don't answer me back like that, Tom.

## Related words

- Synonym: Widerspruch

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