Grammatical class

Verb

douter

(followed by the preposition de) to doubt

Details

Syllables

dou-ter

Phonetics

du.te

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

2242

Freq. (movies)

3186

Freq. (news)

6161

Sentences

Je commence à en douter.

I'm beginning to doubt it.

A1

Comment oses-tu douter de moi !

How dare you doubt me!

A1

Les Allemands commencent à douter de l'Europe.

The Germans are starting to have doubts about Europe.

A1

Je suis presque tenté de douter de votre amitié.

I am tempted to doubt your friendship.

A1

Je me doutais qu’il n’allait pas bien, mais je ne savais pas que c’était à ce point-là.

I suspected that he was not doing well, but I did not know that it was to that degree.

A2

Qui aurait pu s'en douter ?

Who would've thought?

A2

Je n'aurais jamais dû douter de toi.

I never should have doubted you.

A2

Il ne faut pas douter de la bonne foi de son interlocuteur.

One must not doubt the intention of one's interlocutor.

B1

Qui aurait pu se douter qu'on y arriverait ?

Who would have thought that we would make it?

B1

J'ai commencé à douter de la justesse de son propos.

I began to doubt the accuracy of his statement.

B1

Si tu dois douter de tout, doute au moins de tes doutes.

If you're going to doubt everything, at least doubt your doubt.

B1

Nous commençons à douter de ce que nous pensions savoir.

We're starting to question what we thought we knew.

B1