hearsay

• Information, die man von anderen gehört hat und die nicht überprüft oder bestätigt werden kann; ein Gerücht oder Gerede. Auch als Adjektiv für etwas, das auf solchen unbestätigten Aussagen beruht.

Information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor.

1. Based on rumorB2formal

   Information that is not based on direct knowledge but on what others have said.

   Auf Gerüchten beruhend

   • The court dismissed the hearsay evidence as unreliable.
   • His story was based on hearsay, not facts.
   • Hearsay accounts of the event spread quickly through the town.

   Synonymeanecdotalreportedsecondhandunsubstantiatedunverified

   Antonymeauthenticconfirmeddirectverified

• Substantiv, das Informationen oder Aussagen bezeichnet, die man von anderen gehört hat und nicht aus eigener Erfahrung oder eigenem Wissen stammen; gilt oft als unzuverlässig oder vor Gericht als nicht verwertbar.

A noun referring to information or statements that are heard from another person rather than from direct knowledge or experience, often considered unreliable or inadmissible as evidence in legal contexts.

unzählbar

1. Unverified rumorB2formal

   Information that is heard from someone else but not confirmed as true.

   Gerücht

   • The story is based on hearsay, not on evidence.
   • You shouldn't believe everything you hear; it's just hearsay.
   • The court dismissed the testimony as hearsay.

   Synonymebuzzgossiprumorscuttlebutttalkword

   Antonymeevidencefactproof

2. GossipB2informal

   Casual talk about other people's affairs, often unsubstantiated.

   Klatsch

   • I don't pay attention to office hearsay.
   • The news spread through hearsay before the official announcement.
   • He dismissed the rumors as mere hearsay.

   Synonymegossiprumorscuttlebutttalktittle-tattle

   Antonymeevidencefact