Adjektiv

plausibel

plausible, believable, reasonable, convincing

Deine Erklärung klingt sehr plausibel.

Your explanation sounds very plausible.

Das ist ein plausibler Grund für seine Abwesenheit.

That is a plausible reason for his absence.

((sth.)) is plausible His story isn't very plausible.

a plausible ((noun)) That is a plausible reason.

Synonyms: glaubwürdig, einleuchtend; Antonyms: unplausibel, unglaubwürdig

From Latin 'plausibilis' (worthy of applause), from 'plaudere' (to applaud). A plausible argument is one you can 'applaud'.

It's a direct cognate of the English word 'plausible', making it very easy to remember.

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